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    What Contemporary Models of Disability Miss: The Case for a Phenomenological Hermeneutic Analysis
    International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 11 (2): 63-82. 2018.
    Many commonly accepted models for understanding disability use a vertical method in which disability is defined as a category into which people are slotted based on whether or not they fit its definitional criteria. This method, and the models of disability developed in accordance with it, inevitably homogenizes the experiences of disabled people to preserve the integrity of the definition of disability that a given model provides. A hermeneutic investigation and critique of commonly accepted mo…Read more
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    Accommodation or Cure: A synthesis of neurodiverse and cure theory recommendations for autism action
    Association for the Advancement of Philosophy in Psychiatry Bulletin 22 (1): 4-8. 2015.
    As a result of vocal autism activists pushing against traditional views of autism, there is a bilateral debate that reflects a deeper philosophical divide between medical and social definitions of disability. Both sides seek to determine the manner in which autistics and their communities view autism, and thus influence the manner in which cures or treatments are sought, dispensed and taken up. Through an investigation of this debate, this project will explore the practical benefits and ethical …Read more
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    Justifying an Adequate Response to the Vulnerable Other
    Ramon Llull Journal of Applied Ethics 7 (7): 57-70. 2016.
    Is it possible to justify requiring that I respond adequately to the other’s vulnerability? I contend that insofar as I value my own personal identity it is consistent to respond adequately to the vulnerability of the other. Part one provides a break down of vulnerability in terms of its fundamental indeterminacy. Part two illustrates how the ability to respond either adequately or inadequately to the other’s vulnerability is implied by the fundamental co-constitution of personal identity. I und…Read more
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    Juliette: A model of sexual consent
    Journal of the International Network for Sexual Ethics and Politics 4 (1): 43-54. 2016.
    The ‘yes means yes’ model of sexual consent and the political and ethical commitments that underpin this model have three fundamental disadvantages. This position unfairly polices the sexual expression of participants; it demands an unreasonably high standard for defining sexual interaction as consensual; and by denying the body’s capacity for expressing sexual consent this model allows perpetrators of sexual violence to define consent. I argue that a critical examination of Marquis de Sade’s no…Read more