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83Bioethics and the Philosophy of Medicine: A Thirty-Year PerspectiveJournal of Medicine and Philosophy 31 (6): 565-568. 2006.
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41The Ethics of Animal Research: Exploring the Controversy (edited book)Mit Press. 2012.A balanced, accessible discussion of whether and on what grounds animal research can be ethically justified.
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38Collectivizing Rescue Obligations in BioethicsAmerican Journal of Bioethics 15 (2): 3-11. 2015.Bioethicists invoke a duty to rescue in a wide range of cases. Indeed, arguably, there exists an entire medical paradigm whereby vast numbers of medical encounters are treated as rescue cases. The intuitive power of the rescue paradigm is considerable, but much of this power stems from the problematic way that rescue cases are conceptualized—namely, as random, unanticipated, unavoidable, interpersonal events for which context is irrelevant and beneficence is the paramount value. In this article,…Read more
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15One Exemption Too Many: The Case for Mandated CCHD ScreeningAmerican Journal of Bioethics 16 (1): 3-5. 2016.
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25Public reasons for private vows: a response to GilboaPublic Affairs Quarterly 23 (3): 261-273. 2009.The question of whether a liberal state ought to recognize same-sex marriage must be situated within a broader inquiry into the proper relationship between political liberalism and marriage simpliciter. This general inquiry invites a diverse set of responses to the narrower question.A first widely held view—call it thick marital egalitarianism—sees a straightforward link from central liberal values, such as neutrality, equality, and nondiscrimination, to the full and equal inclusion of all willi…Read more
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12Bioethics: Concepts, conflicts, and controversiesJournal of Medicine and Philosophy 30 (3). 2005.This Article does not have an abstract
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Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |