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78Genetic enhancement, sports and relational autonomySport, Ethics and Philosophy 1 (2). 2007.This paper explores the question of what attitude we should take towards efforts to develop the technology required to allow genetic enhancement of individuals in order to improve performance in sports: specifically, should we (a) welcome such innovations, (b) resign ourselves to their inevitable appearance or (c) actively resist their development and widespread adoption? Much of the literature on this topic leans towards options (a) or (b). I argue against both (a) and (b) and appeal to the con…Read more
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Ethel M. Kersey, Women Philosophers: A Bio-critical Source Book (review)Philosophy in Review 10 280-282. 1990.
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50Women in Clinical Studies: A Feminist ViewCambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 3 (4): 533. 1994.There is significant evidence that the health needs of women and minorities have been neglected by a medical research community whose agendas and protocols tend to focus on more advantaged segments of society. In response, the National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug Administration in the United States have recently issued new policies aimed at increasing the utilization of women in clinical studies. As well, the U.S. Congress passed the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993, which specifically …Read more
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9ContentsIn Susan Sherwin & Peter Schotch (eds.), Engaged Philosophy: Essays in Honour of David Braybrooke, University of Toronto Press. 2006.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality |