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    Corporate responsibility and corporate personhood
    Journal of Business Ethics 3 (1). 1984.
    In this paper, I consider the claim that a corporation cannot be held to be morally responsible unless it is a person. First, I argue that this claim is ambigious. Person flags three different but related notions: metaphysical person, moral agent, moral person. I argue that, though one can make the claim that corporates are metaphysical persons, this claim is only marginally relevant to the question of corporate moral responsibility. The central question which must be answered in discussions of …Read more
  •  83
    Punishing the Innocent: Children of Incarcerated and Detained Parents
    Criminal Justice Ethics 30 (3): 267-287. 2011.
    About 2 million minor children in the U.S. have at least one parent incarcerated for criminal offenses. There are about 33,000 undocumented persons detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in jails and federal detention centers around the country, and 79% of the minor children of these detainees are U.S. citizens. There are few government programs that measure and respond to the harm caused to these children by the incarceration and detention of their parents, and the negative effects on …Read more
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    The life and work of Rousseau the musician and aesthetician has been largely neglected in the debate about Rousseau's views on women. In this paper, I shall introduce a new text and a new female figure into the conversation: Collette, the shepherdess in Le devin du village, an opera written by Rousseau in 1752. We see an ambiguity in Collette-the text often expresses one view while the music expresses another. When we take Collette's music seriously the following picture emerges: the natural des…Read more
  •  52
    Liberal and communitarian defenses of workplace privacy
    Journal of Business Ethics 16 (8): 817-823. 1997.
    In this paper, I survey liberal and communitarian defenses of privacy, paying particular attention to defenses of privacy in the workplace. I argue that liberalism cannot explain all our of intuitions about the wrongness of workplace invasions of privacy. Communitarianism, on the other hand, is able to account for these intuitions.
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    Air pollution: Group and individual obligations
    Environmental Ethics 6 (3): 211-225. 1984.
    The individual motorist often defends his unwillingness to change his driving habits in the face of air pollution by pointing out that a change in his actions would be insignificant. The environmentalist responds by asking what would happen if everyone did change. In this paper I defend the environmentalist’s response. I argue that we can appeal to the following principle to defend both group and individual obligations to clean up air: if the consequences of everyone doing aare undesirable, then…Read more
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    Book Notes (review)
    with Nora K. Bell, Samantha J. Brennan, William F. Bristow, Diana H. Coole, Justin DArms, Michael S. Davis, Daniel A. Dombrowski, John J. P. Donnelly, Anthony J. Ellis, Mark C. Fowler, Alan E. Fuchs, Chris Hackler, Garth L. Hallett, Kevin E. Olson, Lansing R. Pollock, Marc Lee Raphael, Robert A. Sedler, Charlene Haddock Seigfried, Kristin S. Schrader‐Frechette, Anita Silvers, Doran Smolkin, Alan G. Soble, James P. Sterba, Stephen P. Turner, and Eric Watkins
    Ethics 111 (2): 446-459. 2001.
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    “Ought implies can” and the price of duty
    Southern Journal of Philosophy 19 (1): 117-121. 1981.
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    “Redefining obscenity”
    Journal of Value Inquiry 22 (3): 193-205. 1988.
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    Rousseau's other woman: Collette in
    Hypatia 16 (2): 27-42. 2001.
    : The life and work of Rousseau the musician and aesthetician has been largely neglected in the debate about Rousseau's views on women. In this paper, I shall introduce a new text and a new female figure into the conversation: Collette, the shepherdess in Le devin du village, an opera written by Rousseau in 1752. We see an ambiguity in Collette--the text often expresses one view while the music expresses another. When we take Collette's music seriously the following picture emerges: the natural …Read more
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    This essential new text is designed for courses in contemporary moral issues, applied ethics, and leadership. Emphasizing personal choice in the study of ethics, the authors take the reader on a journey of self-discovery rather than a mere academic survey of the field of ethics.A Practical Guide to Ethics: Living and Leading with Integrity helps students develop their skills in ethical decision-making and put those decisions into effective practice. Its unique focus on leadership, especially the…Read more
  •  27
    Toward a Thick Theory of Moral Agency (review)
    Social Theory and Practice 20 (2): 203-220. 1994.
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    We can explain our intuitions about corporate takeover cases by appeal to Peter French's picture of the corporation as a moral person. He argues that corporations are persons in much the same sense as you and I, and are entitled to the same rights as humans. On this analysis, takeovers are murders, attempted murders, attempts to enslave, etc. I want to explore the consequences of this view for corporate takeovers. I shall argue that, though French can explain why our moral intuitions seem to ari…Read more
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    John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill were very much aware of the problem of domestic violence. In the years between 1849 and 1853, they wrote a series of newspaper articles and pamphlets on domestic violence. These works are notable for their passion, insight and the way they prefigure contemporary discussions of this topic. Their thoughtful and detailed discussion is thus important not just for its historical interest, but for the light that it sheds on a complex problem that is every bit a…Read more
  •  21
    Caring Cryonics?
    In Charles Tandy & Scott R. Stroud (eds.), The Philosophy of Robert Ettinger, Universal Publishers. pp. 97. 2002.
  •  18
    Air Pollution: Group and Individual Obligations
    Environmental Ethics 6 (3): 211-225. 1984.
    The individual motorist often defends his unwillingness to change his driving habits in the face of air pollution by pointing out that a change in his actions would be insignificant. The environmentalist responds by asking what would happen if everyone did change. In this paper I defend the environmentalist’s response. I argue that we can appeal to the following principle to defend both group and individual obligations to clean up air: if the consequences of everyone doing aare undesirable, then…Read more
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    The Random Collective as a Moral Agent
    Social Theory and Practice 11 (1): 97-105. 1985.
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    A Care Approach
    In Helga Kuhse & Peter Singer (eds.), A Companion to Bioethics, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: One Model of Care Ethics An Overview of Care Ethics Care and Other Moral Perspectives Care and Bioethics Conclusion References Further reading.
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    Speaking From the Heart: A Feminist Perspective on Ethics
    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1992.
    'Manning successfully argues that theory and ethics should once again be reunited...thorough and provocative...'—THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
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    “Ought Implies Can” and the Price of Duty
    Southern Journal of Philosophy 19 (1): 117-121. 1981.
  •  2
    Caring for animals
    In Josephine Donovan & Carol J. Adams (eds.), Beyond Animal Rights: A Feminist Caring Ethic for the Treatment of Animals, Continuum. pp. 103--125. 1996.
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    Immigration and the Right to Health Care
    In Alison John-Stewart Wanda Dundes Renteln Gordon Teays (ed.), Global Bioethics and Human Rights, Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 131-147. 2014.
    There are now over 1.1 million people overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with about 33,000 detained in jails and federal detention centers around the country at any particular time. The average detention time is two months, but some are detained for much longer periods. Since its inception, one hundred and twenty one deaths and countless cases of medical neglect have occurred. Given its secrecy, and lack of accountability and oversight, it is not clear how many of these deat…Read more
  • Agonistic Progressivism: Best-Self Progressivism in a New Guise?
    Philosophy of Education 64 166-168. 2008.