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No Gods, PleaseIn Udo Schuklenk & Russell Blackford (eds.), Voices of Disbelief, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.
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89Reproducing Persons: Issues in Feminist BioethicsCornell University Press. 1996.Controversies about abortion and women's reproductive technologies often seem to reflect personal experience, religious commitment, or emotional response. Laura M. Purdy believes, however, that coherent ethical principles are implicit in these controversies and that feminist bioethics can help clarify the conflicts of interest which often figure in human reproduction. As she defines the underlying issues, Purdy emphasizes the importance of taking women's interests fully into account. Reproducing…Read more
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2Is Preconception Sex Selection Necessarily Sexist?Reproductive Biomedicine Online 15 (Supp. 2): 33-37. 2007.
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A Three-Pronged Approach to Women's StudiesIn Marianne Triplette (ed.), Towards Equitable Education for Women and Men:Models From the Past Decade, Skidmore College. 1983.
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91Medicalization, medical necessity, and feminist medicineBioethics 15 (3). 2001.New and proposed medical technologies continually challenge our vision of what constitutes appropriate medical treatment. As scholars and consumers grapple with the meaning of innovation, one common critical theme to surface is that it constitutes undesirable medicalization. But we are embodied creatures who can often benefit from medical knowledge; in addition, rejection of medicalization may be in some cases based on an untenable appeal to nature. Harnessing the power of medicine for women’s w…Read more
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2Vitoria's Just War Theory: Still Relevant TodayIn R. Joseph Hoffmann (ed.), The Just War and Jihad, Prometheus Press. 2006.
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6From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice. Allen Buchanan, Dan W. Brock, Norman Daniels, Daniel WiklerIsis 92 (2): 429-430. 2001.
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20Assisted Reproduction, Prenatal Testing, and Sex SelectionIn Helga Kuhse & Peter Singer (eds.), A Companion to Bioethics, Blackwell. 1006.This chapter contains sections titled: General Assessments of Assisted Reproduction Pre‐birth Testing Conclusion References Further reading.
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SexismIn Stephen G. Post (ed.), Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 3rd edition, Macmillan Reference Usa. 2004.
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63Feminist Perspectives in Medical Ethics (edited book)Indiana University Press. 1992.The fields of medical ethics, bioethics, and women's studies have experienced unprecedented growth in the last forty years. Along with the rapid pace of development in medicine and biology, and changes in social expectations, moral quandaries about the body and social practices involving it have multiplied. Philosophers are uniquely situated to attempt to clarify and resolves these questions. Yet the subdiscipline of bioethics still in large part reflects mainstream scholars' lack of interest in…Read more
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49In defense of hiring apparently less qualified womenJournal of Social Philosophy 15 (2): 26-33. 1984.
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43What Feminism Can Do for BioethicsHealth Care Analysis 9 (2): 117-132. 2001.Feminist criticism of health care and ofbioethics has become increasingly rich andsophisticated in the last years of thetwentieth century. Nonetheless, this body ofwork remains quite marginalized. I believe thatthere are (at least) two reasons for this.First, many people are still confused aboutfeminism. Second, many people are unconvincedthat significant sexism still exists and aretherefore unreceptive to arguments that itshould be remedied if there is no largerbenefit. In this essay I argue fo…Read more
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3Loving Future PeopleIn Joan C. Callahan (ed.), Reproduction, Ethics, and the Law: Feminist Perspectives, Indiana University Press. 1995.
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63Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights (review)Social Theory and Practice 27 (4): 681-687. 2001.
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Good Bioethics Must Be Feminist BioethicsIn Wayne L. Sumner & Joseph Boyle (eds.), Philosophical Perspectives on Bioethics, University of Toronto Press. pp. 143-162. 1996.
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What Religious Ethics Can and Cannot Tell us about Reproduction and SexualityIn G. Benagiano, E. Dahl & R. Edwards (eds.), Ethics, Bioscience and Life, . 2008.
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1In HB Holmes & LM PurdyIn Helen B. Holmes & Laura Purdy (eds.), Feminist Perspectives in Medical Ethics, Indiana University Press. pp. 8--13. 1992.
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Children of Choice Whose Children? At What Cost?Washington and Lee Law Review 52 (1): 197-224. 1995.
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A Feminist View of HealthIn Susan Wolf (ed.), Feminism and Bioethics: Beyond Reproduction, Oxford University Press. 1996.
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Feminist perspectives in medical ethicsIn Helen B. Holmes & Laura Purdy (eds.), Feminist Perspectives in Medical Ethics, Indiana University Press. 1992.
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Politics and the College CurriculumIn Robert L. Simon (ed.), University Neutrality and Academic Ethics, Rowman & Littlefield. 1994.
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12Embodying Bioethics: Recent Feminist Advances (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1999.Medical issues affecting health care have become everyday media events. In response to mounting public concern, growing numbers of bioethicists are being appointed to medical school faculties and public policy panels. However the ideas voiced in these forums are seldom informed by feminist perspectives. In this important book, a distinguished group of feminist scholars and activists discuss crucial bioethics topics in a feminist light. Among the subjects explored are the care/justice debates, tr…Read more
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Wells CollegeRetired faculty
Aurora, New York, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics |
Feminist Bioethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality |