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    "Nagging" Questions: Feminist Ethics in Everyday Life (edited book)
    with Anita L. Allen, Sandra Lee Bartky, John Christman, Judith Wagner DeCew, Edward Johnson, Mary Briody Mahowald, Kathryn Pauly Morgan, Melinda Roberts, Debra Satz, Susan Sherwin, Anita Superson, Mary Anne Warren, and Susan Wendell
    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1995.
    In this anthology of new and classic articles, fifteen noted feminist philosophers explore contemporary ethical issues that uniquely affect the lives of women. These issues in applied ethics include autonomy, responsibility, sexual harassment, women in the military, new technologies for reproduction, surrogate motherhood, pornography, abortion, nonfeminist women and others. Whether generated by old social standards or intensified by recent technology, these dilemmas all pose persistent, 'nagging…Read more
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    Events: A Metaphysical Study
    Noûs 24 (2): 323-332. 1990.
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    While widely acknowledged as the world's oldest profession, and often glamorized or demonized in the media, prostitution is a critical part of American culture and its economy, as well as a social problem in need of an updated public policy. In Prostitution Policy, Lenore Kuo combines feminist social research and legal studies to tackle issues raised by heterosexual prostitution in the U.S. Through the lens of feminist theory, Kuo examines the milieu of prostitutes and the role of prostitution i…Read more
  •  21
    The justified scoundrel: The structural genesis of corruption
    with Frank Anechiarico
    Journal of Social Philosophy 26 (1): 147-161. 1995.
    “It's more important to look honest than it is to get anything done.” Municipal Agency Commissioner in New York City; Interview, 1991.
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    The morality of surrogate mothering
    Southern Journal of Philosophy 27 (3): 361-380. 1989.
  • Causationism: A Theory Regarding the Freedom of Human Action
    Dissertation, The University of Wisconsin - Madison. 1982.
    The purpose of this dissertation is to present and defend a view regarding the freedom of human action which I call "Causationism," a view which incorporates some of the more fundamental commitments of traditional Determinism while allowing for the possibility of statistically regular actions or components of actions. Premise I of Causationism essentially maintains that all human actions are caused either by statistical regularities or deterministically. The inclusion of statistically regular ev…Read more
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    The Morality of Surrogate Mothering
    Southern Journal of Philosophy 27 (3): 361-380. 1989.