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Long-Term Breast Cancer Survivors: Confidentiality, Disclosure, Effects on Work and InsurancePsychoOncology 10 (3): 259-63. 2001.
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52Nature and Nurture: A False Dichotomy?Hypatia 1 (1): 167-174. 1986.Nancy Tuana holds that the nature/nurture dichotomy does not accurately represent the world and hence that a whole series of assumptions about human nature is mistaken. She rejects both biological determinism and alternative interactionist views. I argue that although her arguments and political concerns do rule out any kind of simple biological determinism, they do not show that the alternative interactionist view is untenable: in fact, she uses the distinction in her attempt to demolish it. I …Read more
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9Exporting the Culture of LifeIn Michael Boylan (ed.), International Public Health Policy & Ethics, Dordrecht. pp. 91--106. 2008.
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59How Many Gods Does it Take? (To Discredit the Divine Command Theory)Teaching Philosophy 11 (2): 112-115. 1988.
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What Price Theocracy?In Michael Boylan (ed.), The Morality and Global Justice Reader, Westview Press. pp. 263. 2011.
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539Abortion, Forced Labor, and WarIn Reproducing Persons: Issues in Feminist Bioethics, Cornell University Press. 1996.
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Too Late Too Matter? Preventing the Birth of Infants at Risk for Late-Onset Disease or DisabilityIn D. Christopher Ralston & Justin Ho (eds.), Philosophical Reflections on Disability, Dordrecht. 2009.
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63Women's reproductive autonomy: medicalisation and beyondJournal of Medical Ethics 32 (5): 287-291. 2006.Reproductive autonomy is central to women’s welfare both because childbearing takes place in women’s bodies and because they are generally expected to take primary responsibility for child rearing. In 2005, the factors that influence their autonomy most strongly are poverty and belief systems that devalue such autonomy. Unfortunately, such autonomy is a low priority for most societies, or is anathema to their belief systems altogether. This situation is doubly sad because women’s reproductive au…Read more
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Xenografts: Are the Risks So Great That We Should Not Proceed?Microbes and Infection 3 179-83. 2001.
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No Gods, PleaseIn Udo Schuklenk & Russell Blackford (eds.), Voices of Disbelief, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.
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90Reproducing 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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92Medicalization, 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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8From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice. Allen Buchanan, Dan W. Brock, Norman Daniels, Daniel WiklerIsis 92 (2): 429-430. 2001.
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23Assisted Reproduction, Prenatal Testing, and Sex SelectionIn Helga Kuhse & Peter Singer (eds.), A Companion to Bioethics, Wiley-blackwell. 1998.This chapter contains sections titled: General Assessments of Assisted Reproduction Pre‐birth Testing Conclusion References Further reading.
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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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66Feminist 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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SexismIn Stephen G. Post (ed.), Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 3rd edition, Macmillan Reference Usa. 2004.
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52In defense of hiring apparently less qualified womenJournal of Social Philosophy 15 (2): 26-33. 1984.
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46What 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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64Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights (review)Social Theory and Practice 27 (4): 681-687. 2001.
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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 |