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15Miracles as Evidence Against the Existence of GodIn Robert A. Larmer (ed.), Questions of Miracle, Carleton University Press. pp. 132-139. 1996.
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13Unanswered PrayersIn Russell Blackford & Udo Schüklenk (eds.), 50 Voices of Disbelief, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009-09-10.This chapter contains sections titled: Notes.
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11The role of careGlobal Bioethics 33 (1): 38-40. 2022.“The Role of Care” is a commentary on “Towards a Feminist Global Ethics,” by Rosemarie Tong.
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61My Children, Their Children, and Benatar’s Anti-NatalismJournal of Value Inquiry 56 (1): 51-66. 2022.
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27Justice Back and Forth: Duties to the Past and Future, written by Richard VernonJournal of Moral Philosophy 16 (3): 371-374. 2019.
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27Book Reviews : Allen E. Buchanan and Dan W. Brock, Deciding for Others: The Ethics of Surrogate Decision Making. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989. Pp. 422 + xv, $49.50 (cloth), $16.95 (paper (review)Philosophy of the Social Sciences 23 (1): 120-125. 1993.
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56Précis of Aging, Death, and Human Longevity: A Philosophical Inquiry*: DialogueDialogue 45 (3): 537-548. 2006.
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520BOOK REVIEW: Christine Overall. AGING, DEATH, AND HUMAN LONGEVITY: A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2003 (review)Hypatia 20 (3): 226-229. 2005.
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31Pets and People: The Ethics of our Relationships with Companion Animals (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2017.Animal ethics is generating growing interest both within academia and outside it. This book focuses on ethical issues connected to animals who play an extremely important role in human lives: companion animals, with a special emphasis on dogs and cats, the animals most often chosen as pets. Companion animals are both vulnerable to and dependent upon us. What responsibilities do we owe to them, especially since we have the power and authority to make literal life-and-death decisions about them? W…Read more
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17Heterosexuality and Feminist TheoryCanadian Journal of Philosophy 20 (1): 1-17. 1990.Heterosexuality, which I define as a romantic and sexual orientation toward persons not of one's own sex, is apparently a very general, though not entirely universal, characteristic of the human condition. In fact, it is so ubiquitous a part of human interactions and relations as to be almost invisible, and so natural-seeming as to appear unquestionable. Indeed, the 1970 edition of The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘heterosexual’ as ‘pertaining to or characterized by the normal relat…Read more
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74Miracles and LarmerDialogue 42 (1): 123-136. 2003.As this article is published, Robert Larmer and I have been engaged in a debate that is now eighteen years long, often with gaps of many years between ripostes, about the nature and significance of miracles. The Larmer/overall oeuvre now includes six works, including the two published here. I am grateful to the editors of Dialogue for giving me the opportunity to respond to Larmer’s most recent entry in the debate.
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40Staying Alive: A Reply to the Commentators on Aging, Death, and Human Longevity: A Philosophical InquiryDialogue 45 (3): 577-590. 2006.
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28Concepts of Life Span and Life-Stages: Implications for EthicsCanadian Journal of Philosophy 32 (sup1): 298-318. 2002.
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The Nature of Mystical Experience: A Study in the Philosophy of W. T. StaceDissertation, University of Toronto (Canada). 1980.Because of the two crucial problems just described, it is concluded that Stace's theory of the nature of mystical experience is inadequate. An alternative approach is outlined, which obviates the weaknesses in Stace's theory by combining C. J. Ducasse's distinction between connate and alien accusatives, with the suggestion by Gilbert Ryle and David Hamlyn that experiencing is like the exercise of a skill. Mystical experience, it is then proposed, is the exercise of the difficult yet rewarding ac…Read more
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My Path to Feminist PhilosophyIn Wendy Robbins, Meg Luxton, Margrit Eichler & Francine Descarries (eds.), Minds of Our Own: Inventing Feminist Scholarship and Women’s Studies in Canada and Québec, 1966-76, Wilfrid Laurier Press. 2008.
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Walter Terence StaceIn Stuart Brown (ed.), Dictionary of Twentieth Century British Philosophers, Thoemmes Press. 2005.
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33Staying Alive: A Reply to the Commentators on Aging, Death, and Human Longevity: A Philosophical InquiryDialogue 45 (3): 577-590. 2006.
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28Human Reproduction: Principles, Practices, PoliciesOxford University Press. 1993.Who owns frozen human embryos? Are "surrogate motherhood" arrangements dangerous for women? Should access to in vitro fertilization be limited or increased? With the development of complex reproductive technologies and the ensuing controversies in reproductive ethics, there is an urgent need for more careful examination of moral principles, current practices, and social policies pertaining to reproduction. The issues examined in this collection of nine papers focusing of the Canadian experience …Read more
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6Sex/Gender Transitions and Life-Changing AspirationsIn Laurie Shrage (ed.), “You’ve Changed”: Sex Reassignment and Personal Identity, Oxford University Press. 2009.
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21Mysticism, Phenomenalism, and W. T. StaceTransactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 18 (2). 1982.
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2Feminism and AtheismIn Michael Martin (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, Cambridge University Press. 2006.
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368Miracles as evidence against the existence of GodSouthern Journal of Philosophy 23 (3): 347-353. 1985.AN ASSUMPTION IN DEBATES ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MIRACLES IS THAT IF A MIRACLE (A VIOLATION OF NATURAL LAW OR A PERMANENTLY INEXPLICABLE EVENT) WERE TO OCCUR, IT WOULD BE EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN GOD. THE PAPER EXPLORES RESERVATIONS BY SEVERAL PHILOSOPHERS ABOUT THIS CONNECTION BETWEEN GOD AND MIRACLES, AND PRESENTS ARGUMENTS TO SHOW THAT IF A MIRACLE WERE TO OCCUR THERE WOULD BE GOOD REASON TO DENY THAT GOD EXISTS
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29Conjoined Twins, Embodied Personhood, and Surgical SeparationIn Lisa Tessman (ed.), Feminist Ethics and Social and Political Philosophy: Theorizing the Non-Ideal, Springer. pp. 69--84. 2009.
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1Role Muddles: The Stereotyping of FeministsCanadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. 1992.
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107Heterosexuality and Feminist TheoryCanadian Journal of Philosophy 20 (1). 1990.Heterosexuality, which I define as a romantic and sexual orientation toward persons not of one's own sex, is apparently a very general, though not entirely universal, characteristic of the human condition. In fact, it is so ubiquitous a part of human interactions and relations as to be almost invisible, and so natural-seeming as to appear unquestionable. Indeed, the 1970 edition of The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘heterosexual’ as ‘pertaining to or characterized by the normal relat…Read more
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‘Pluck A Fetus From Its Womb’: A Critique of Current Attitudes Toward the Embryo/FetusThe University of Western Ontario Law Review 24 1-14. 1986.
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Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics |
Philosophy of Religion |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Animal Ethics |
Reproductive Ethics |
Aging |
Death and Dying |