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27Review of William N. Nelson: Morality, what's in it for me?: a historical introduction to ethics (review)Ethics 102 (3): 652-653. 1992.
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36Review of David Heyd: Genethics: Moral Issues in the Creation of People (review)Ethics 104 (3): 629-631. 1994.
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6Review of William N. Nelson: Morality, what's in it for me?: a historical introduction to ethics (review)Ethics 102 (3): 652-653. 1992.
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43Is Humane Farming Morally Permissible?Journal of Applied Philosophy 38 (2): 244-257. 2021.Humane farming can be defined as the practice of raising animals for food in an environment that is good for them and where they are killed in a manner that is relatively painless. Many people who oppose factory farming think that humane farming is morally permissible, even morally laudable. In what follows, I focus on one argument in support of humane farming that emphasizes its good consequences, not only for producers, and consumers, but for the animals themselves. I discuss problems for this…Read more
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73Kagan on Speciesism and Modal PersonismJournal of Applied Philosophy 36 (1): 73-92. 2017.Shelly Kagan argues in his ‘What's Wrong with Speciesism?’ for four provocative claims: 1. speciesism is not necessarily a mere prejudice; 2. most people are not speciesists; 3. ‘modal personism’ more closely reflects what most people believe, and 4. modal personism might be true. In this article, I object to Kagan's account of what constitutes a ‘mere prejudice’, and I object to the sort of argument he uses to show that most people are not speciesist. I then attempt to motivate, and defend what…Read more
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10Overall Lifelong Fortune: A Critique of the Intrinsic Potential AccountJournal of Applied Philosophy 35 (3): 617-629. 2018.It seems clear that a fortunate life for a human being is very different from a fortunate life for a dog. But it is not clear what the appropriate measure is for determining whether a life is fortunate or not. Jeff McMahan rejects the Species Norm Account and defends the Intrinsic Potential Account of overall lifelong fortune. In this article, I argue that the Intrinsic Potential Account fails. More specifically, I will argue that it is vulnerable to numerous counterexamples; fails for the same …Read more
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34Overall Lifelong Fortune: A Critique of the Intrinsic Potential AccountJournal of Applied Philosophy 34 (2). 2017.It seems clear that a fortunate life for a human being is very different from a fortunate life for a dog. But it is not clear what the appropriate measure is for determining whether a life is fortunate or not. Jeff McMahan rejects the Species Norm Account and defends the Intrinsic Potential Account of overall lifelong fortune. In this article, I argue that the Intrinsic Potential Account fails. More specifically, I will argue that it is vulnerable to numerous counterexamples; fails for the same …Read more
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96Debating Healthcare Ethics: Canadian Contexts 2/eCanadian Scholars Press. 2019.In this updated second edition, Debating Health Care Ethics explores contemporary moral challenges in health care, providing students with the essential tools to understand and critically evaluate the leading arguments in the field and to develop their own arguments on important moral problems in health care. Written in a clear and concise way, the textbook’s first three chapters explore the nature of arguments and ethical theories, while the remaining chapters introduce students to moral proble…Read more
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21HIV Infection, Risk Taking, and the Duty to TreatJournal of Medicine and Philosophy 22 (1): 55-74. 1997.The paper advances a consequence-based argument in support of the American Medical Association's policy that a physician may not ethically refuse to treat a person with HIV solely because the patient is seropositive. A limited number of alternative arguments, both in support of and in opposition to this policy are also considered, but are found wanting. The paper then concludes with a discussion of some of the other obstacles to quality health care that persons with HIV must often confront
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161Puzzles about TrustSouthern Journal of Philosophy 46 (3): 431-449. 2008.This article is an attempt to deepen our understanding of trust. To this end, several elements frequently present in trust-relationships are first identified, and then three underappreciated puzzles about trust are described. Next, it is argued that certain leading analyses of trust are unsatisfactory, in part, because they are unable to solve these puzzles succesfully. Finally, an alternative way of thinking about trust is proposed. It is argued that this new way of thinking about trust is both…Read more
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6Review of David Heyd: Genethics: Moral Issues in the Creation of People (review)Ethics 104 (3): 629-631. 1994.
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87The Non‐Identity Problem and the Appeal to Future People's RightsSouthern Journal of Philosophy 32 (3): 315-329. 1994.
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106Toward A Rights-Based Solution to the Non-Identity ProblemJournal of Social Philosophy 30 (1): 194-208. 1999.
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