Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics
Normative Ethics
  •  2
    Encyclopedia of Bioethics
    with Charles H. Reynolds and Warren T. Reich
    Hastings Center Report 27 (3): 42. 1997.
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    Encyclopedia of Bioethics
    with Charles H. Reynolds and Warren T. Reich
    Hastings Center Report 27 (3): 42. 1997.
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    The Metaethics of Paul Tillich
    Journal of Religious Ethics 1 113-133. 1973.
    Tillich holds an ontologically based self-realization theory of ethics. For him ethics is neither logically nor linguistically tied to theology, but is in a certain sense epistemologically dependent. Tillich's material analysis of moral judgments is claimed to be inconsistent with his critique of heteronomous morality. The author concludes that Tillich has not given good reasons for rejecting a heteronomous divine - command theory of morality
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    Anscombe on the relationship between morality and religion
    Southern Journal of Philosophy 12 (2): 185-190. 1974.
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    The range of autonomy: Informed consent in medicine
    with Alfred D. Beasley
    Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 5 (1). 1984.
    On the basis of the characterization of autonomy set out by Beauchamp and Childress in Principles of Biomedical Ethics, we first explore some of the parameters along which autonomy may vary in degree through a series of hypothetical examples drawn from various settings; and, second and in more detail, we examine how the range of autonomy is affected through informed consent to various medical diagnostic tests. Our conclusions are (1) that there are significant implications for patient autonomy i…Read more
  •  52
    When Danny said no! Refusal of treatment by a patient of questionable competence
    with Joseph B. Moon
    Journal of Medical Humanities and Bioethics 6 (1): 12-27. 1985.
    The patient we call Danny was a mildly mentally retarded male in his mid-thirties who adamantly refused kidney dialysis when it was offered as the only therapeutic option for his progressive kidney failure. It was uncertain how fully Danny understood the implications of his refusal. To complicate the case still further, several “advocates” emerged to speak on Danny's behalf — each with a somewhat different interpretation of the situation and different sets of value presuppositions and ethical pr…Read more
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    A team-taught interdisciplinary approach to engineering ethics
    with Christopher D. Pionke
    Science and Engineering Ethics 12 (2): 313-320. 2006.
    This paper outlines the development and implementation of a new course in Engineering Ethics at the University of Tennessee. This is a three-semester-hour course and is jointly taught by an engineering professor and a philosophy professor. While traditional pedagogical techniques such as case studies, position papers, and classroom discussions are used, additional activities such as developing a code of ethics and student-developed scenarios are employed to encourage critical thinking. Among the…Read more
  •  16
    Ought a Defendant Be Drugged to Stand Trial?
    with Frank H. Marsh
    Hastings Center Report 9 (1): 8-10. 1979.
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    Bioethics (edited book)
    with Rem Blanchard Edwards
    Harcourt, Wadsworth. 1988.
    This textbook in Medical Ethics covers most of the standard issues. Each chapter begins with detailed comments by the editors, followed by the best available articles on each topic covered.
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    Forming Professional Bioethicists: The Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    with Michele Carter, H. Phillips Hamlin, Jennifer Heyl, James Lindemann Nelson, and Linda A. Rankin
    Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 9 (3): 418-423. 2000.
    As a way of contributing to bioethics' understanding of itself, and, more particularly, to invigorate conversation about how we can best educate future colleagues, we present here a sketch of the quarter-century-old graduate concentration in medical ethics housed in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Our hope is to incite other programs to share their histories, strategies, problems, and aspirations, so as to help the field as a whole get a clearer sense of h…Read more
  •  18
    Biological sciences and ethics: Models of cooperation
    Philosophia 25 (1-4): 71-82. 1997.
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    Expounds on the relationship between theory and practice as applied, adjusted, and inaugurated in health care
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    This paper offers a listing of references to religious ethics in recent Anglo-American philosophical literature, organized in terms of a critical analysis of the main lines of argument to be found there. The principal focus is on metaethics, although references are included to other aspects of religious ethics. The author maintains that the case for a logical and/or a linguistic relation between religion and ethics is much stronger than is generally recognized in the philosophical discussions of…Read more
  •  16
    When Danny said no! Refusal of treatment by a patient of questionable competence
    with Josehp Moon
    Journal of Medical Humanities and Bioethics 6 (1): 12-27. 1985.
    The patient we call Danny was a mildly mentally retarded male in his mid-thirties who adamantly refused kidney dialysis when it was offered as the only therapeutic option for his progressive kidney failure. It was uncertain how fully Danny understood the implications of his refusal. To complicate the case still further, several “advocates” emerged to speak on Danny's behalf — each with a somewhat different interpretation of the situation and different sets of value presuppositions and ethical pr…Read more
  • Basic theories in medical ethics
    In John F. Monagle & David C. Thomasma (eds.), Medical Ethics: A Guide for Health Professionals, Aspen Publishers. pp. 462--475. 1988.
  • Clinical Medical Ethics: Exploration and Assessment
    with Terrence F. Ackerman, Charles H. Reynolds, and David C. Thomasma
    Journal of Religious Ethics 16 (1): 190-191. 1988.