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40One Body but Many Kinds of Sex and Procreation: A Liberal ResponseRoczniki Filozoficzne 63 (3): 75-85. 2015.I contrast a liberal and a conservative approach to the morality of sex, endorsing the former with a concession as to the special nature of sex, and note Pruss’ philosophical and theological endorsement of the latter. I criticize his argumentative strategy in three regards: first, he defends Christian love as equivalent to benevolence; second, he allows for only a moral evaluation of sex; third, he moves too quickly from some factual claims to others, and thence to normative conclusions. His acc…Read more
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15Whose body is it anyway|[quest]| Justice and the integrity of the personContemporary Political Theory 9 (3): 345. 2010.
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315Is it rape? On acquaintance rape and taking women's consent seriously - by Joan McGregor, making sense of sexual consent - by mark Cowling & Paul Reynolds, the logic of consent, the diversity and deceptiveness of consent as a defence to criminal conduct - by Peter Westen, and consent to sexual relations - by Lan WertheimerJournal of Applied Philosophy 24 (2). 2007.
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45The morality of embryo use - by Louis M. GueninJournal of Applied Philosophy 26 (2): 212-214. 2009.No Abstract
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30IntroductionRoyal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 40 1-5. 1996.As befits a volume devoted to the topic of pluralism the contributing pieces collected here are varied. Their concern is with very different kinds of difference, and their conclusions range from an insistence that pluralism is both inevitable and desirable to a belief that it is unsustainable and perhaps remediable. The starting point for any discussion of pluralism is a recognition that we inhabit a world of differences. These differences are exhibited in moral outlooks, cultural identities, wa…Read more
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78Children, Family and the StateRoutledge. 2003.This title was first published in 2003. This book critically examines the moral and political status of the child by a consideration of three interrelated questions: What rights if any does the child have? What rights over and duties in respect of a child do parents have? What rights over and duties in respect of a child does the state have? David Archard adopts three areas for particular discussion on the practical implications of the general theoretical issues: education, child protection poli…Read more
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Realistic Holism: A Reply to CoadyAustralian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics 7 (2). 2005.
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20Genetic Enhancement and Procreative Autonomy (review)Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology 1 (1). 2008.
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51Rights, Moral Values and Natural Facts: a reply to Mary Midgley on the problem of child-abuseJournal of Applied Philosophy 9 (1): 99-104. 1992.Mary Midgley asserts that my argument concerning the problem of child-abuse was inappropriately framed in the language of rights, and neglected certain pertinent natural facts. I defend the view that the use of rights-talk was both apposite and did not misrepresent the moral problem in question. I assess the status and character of the natural facts Midgley adduces in criticism of my case, concluding that they do not obviously establish the conclusions she believes they do. Finally I briefly res…Read more
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Queen's University, BelfastSchool of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and PoliticsRetired faculty