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83Readings in the philosophy of religionPrentice-Hall. 1974.This anthology brings together 59 classic and contemporary readings on the philosophy of religion which stress, in particular, the analytical viewpoint.
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118Morality, Mortality: Death and Whom to Save from ItHastings Center Report 25 (1): 48. 1995.Book reviewed in this article: Morality, Mortality: Death and Whom to Save from It. By Frances Kamm.
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Conflicts of interests and the validity of clinical trialsIn Roy G. Spece, David S. Shimm & Allen E. Buchanan (eds.), Conflicts of interest in clinical practice and research, Oxford University Press. pp. 407--417. 1996.
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125An impersonal theory of personal identityPhilosophical Studies 26 (5-6): 313-329. 1974.In this paper, I defend the view that the identity of indiscernibles could serve as an adequate basis for a general theory of identity. I then show how a theory of essentialism forces one to modify that general theory. In light of both the original and modified theory, I offer a new resolution of some of the classical and contemporary problems of personal identity.
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35Medical futility: Philosophical reflections on deathJapanese and Western Bioethics. forthcoming.
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118Research Ethics: International PerspectivesCambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 6 (4): 376. 1997.In recent years, bioethics has increasingly become an international area of inquiry with major contributions being made not only in North America but also in Europe and in the Pacific Rim countries. This general observation is particularly true for research ethics. Little attention has been paid, however, to this internationalization of bioethics in general and research ethics in particular, and there are few studies comparing what has emerged in the different countries.
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90Kripke on proper namesIn A. French Peter, E. Uehling Theodore, Howard Jr & K. Wettstein (eds.), Contemporary Perspectives in the Philosophy of Language, University of Minnesota Press. pp. 64-69. 1979.Kripke has argued that proper names, as rigid designators, cannot be equivalent in meaning to definite descriptions. in this paper, i argue that definite descriptions are sometimes used rigidly and that proper names are equivalent to definite descriptions used rigidly.
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203Intuitions and Objective Moral KnowledgeThe Monist 62 (4): 446-456. 1979.Recent years have witnessed a proliferation of philosophical discussion about such concrete moral issues as just war, distribution of food aid, euthanasia, reverse discrimination, etc. Much of this discussion implicitly assumes that there are true and false positions on these issues, valid or invalid arguments for these positions, etc. Recent years have not witnessed, however, a proliferation of philosophical defenses of these assumptions. With the decline of metaethical discussions, these assum…Read more
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46" Recovering the Traditions: Religious Perspectives in Medical EthicsChristian Bioethics 1 (2): 247. 1995.
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