•  35
    Kuhse, Singer and slippery slopes
    Journal of Medical Ethics 14 (3): 132-147. 1988.
    Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer recently examined the view expressed by John Lorber that whereas at times it is permissible to allow severely handicapped infants to die, killing them must never be allowed. In attempting to demonstrate the mistaken nature of Lorber's fear that allowing active infanticide would lead us onto a slippery slope Kuhse and Singer make much use of John Harris's paper in the Journal of Medical Ethics in which he criticised Lorber's views. This paper examines some aspects of …Read more
  •  27
    Integrating Special Children: Some Ethical Issues
    with Susan Fairbairn
    British Journal of Educational Studies 41 (2): 187-189. 1993.
  •  24
    ABSTRACT In his book The End of Life James Rachels argues that in a situation of forced choice if we must choose between a more and a less complex human being we have good reason to choose in favour of the normal human. He argues also that since some humans have less complex mental abilities than some animals it will sometimes be right to choose a non‐human animal in preference to a human being. I do not consider Rachels’belief that sometimes non‐human animals are to be preferred to retarded hum…Read more
  •  23
    Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine
    Journal of Medical Ethics 10 (4): 213-213. 1984.
  •  20
    Suicide is devastating. It is an assault on our ideas of what living is about. In Contemplating Suicide Gavin Fairbairn takes fresh look at suicidal self harm. His view is distinctive in not emphasising external facts: the presence or absence of a corpse, along with evidence that the person who has become a corpse, intended to do so. It emphasises the intentions that the person had in acting, rather than the consequences that follow from those actions. Much of the book is devoted to an attempt t…Read more
  •  14
    Response to Saunders and Singh
    Journal of Medical Ethics 18 (3): 162-163. 1992.
  •  6
    Psychology, ethics, and change (edited book)
    with Susan Fairbairn
    Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1987.
    The contributors consider the ethical issues surrounding the use of psychological approaches to bring about change in human well-being. They raise many profound and disturbing questions that will stimulate debate in this important area.
  • Respect for persons
    In Susan Fairbairn & Gavin Fairbairn (eds.), Psychology, ethics, and change, Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 244. 1987.