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98Rae Langton, sexual solipsism: Philosophical essays on pornography and objectification (review)Journal of Value Inquiry 44 (3): 413-423. 2010.
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72The lie of fmri: An examination of the ethics of a market in lie detection using functional magnetic resonance imaging (review)HEC Forum 22 (3): 253-266. 2010.In this paper, I argue that companies who use functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans for lie detection encounter the same basic ethical stumbling blocks as commercial companies that market traditional polygraphs. Markets in traditional voluntary polygraphs are common and fail to elicit much uproar among ethicists. Thus, for consistency, if markets in polygraphs are ethically unproblematic, markets using fMRIs for lie detection are equally as acceptable. Furthermore, while I acknowled…Read more
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58Dave Monroe, ed.Porn: How to Think with Kink: Chichester, England: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, 262 pp. ISBN 978-1405199629 $19.95 pb (review)Journal of Value Inquiry 45 (4): 491-492. 2011.
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50The morality of an internet market in human ovaJournal of Value Inquiry 40 (2-3): 311-321. 2006.
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41The freedom to create and disseminate pornography has often been defended based on a liberal claim that the free speech of pornographers would be violated if pornography were censored. The classic defense of free speech, given by John Stuart Mill, is often invoked to defend this position. In opposition, many feminist theorists have advocated arguments for regulatory measures against pornography. Some of these authors have also utilized the writings of Mill. They have argued that, contrary to the…Read more
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19Epicurus and GriefInternational Journal of Philosophical Practice 9 (1): 1-8. 2023.Distress and guilt are common aspects of grief. For many, especially those experiencing complicated grief, guilt can often feel overwhelming and be prolonged. Those grieving are often subject to thoughts of the form “If only X” or “I should have done Y.” Fueling these thoughts is the belief that, somehow, a loved one has been harmed by death. Some who are grieving, often experience the thought that they are disappointing those who have passed or, even, harming the memory of those they love. Thes…Read more
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16Limits to Markets with Limits, an Examination of James Stacey Taylor, Market with Limits: How the Commodification of Academia Derails DebateInternational Journal of Applied Philosophy 37 (2): 11-16. 2023.In Markets with Limits: How Commodification of Academia Derails Debate, James Stacey Taylor presents a well-written book that is, in great part, a response to Peter Jaworski and Jason Brennan’s work Markets Without Limits: Moral Virtues and Commercial Interests. In the first part of Taylor’s book, he effectively illustrates the misguided nature of many of Jaworski and Brennan’s arguments. Taylor maintains that Brennan and Jaworski misinterpret the work of their “anti-commodification” opponents. …Read more
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The Obscenity of Internet Pornography: A Philosophical Analysis of the Regulation of Sexually Explicit Internet ContentDissertation, Bowling Green State University. 2004.This dissertation has two principle aims: To show that current arguments from proponents and opponents of the regulation of sexually explicit Internet content are unsound and to construct an argument against content regulation that avoids the failures of current arguments. ;The dissertation is organized into seven chapters. In Chapter One I provide background information on attempts to regulate sexually explicit materials and briefly outline the development of the Internet. Chapter Two examines …Read more
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Death and Dying |
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