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26Justice and Intellectual Disability In A PandemicKennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 30 (3): 319-338. 2020.If the COVID-19 crisis has brought any benefits, one is the increased attention paid to persons with disabilities in the contexts of clinical medicine and public health. There has been a great deal of insightful discussion since the outbreak about controversial disability issues the pandemic has brought to light. For a population often overlooked in both academic circles and the public square, mere visibility is a victory. There are at least two important respects in which the discussion remains…Read more
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130A Critique of the Neurodiversity ViewJournal of Applied Philosophy 38 (2): 335-347. 2021.The neurodiversity view makes both a conceptual and a political claim. Conceptually, the neurodiversity view holds that certain neurocognitive differences currently classified as disorders—autism, most notably—are best understood as forms of diversity. Politically, it holds that, rather than being medicalized and ‘treated’, neurodiversity ought to be respected in the way other human differences—such as differences in race and sexual orientation—are respected. In this article, I challenge the arg…Read more
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19Disability and Contingency CareAmerican Journal of Bioethics 20 (7): 190-192. 2020.Volume 20, Issue 7, July 2020, Page 190-192.
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19Autism Advocacy Before and After DSM-5American Journal of Bioethics 20 (4): 48-50. 2020.Volume 20, Issue 4, May 2020, Page 48-50.
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16Moral Intimacy, Authority, and DiscretionAmerican Journal of Bioethics 20 (2): 66-68. 2020.Volume 20, Issue 2, February 2020, Page 66-68.
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23Public views about quality of life and treatment withdrawal in infants: limitations and directions for future researchJournal of Medical Ethics 46 (1): 20-21. 2020.Work done within the realm of what is sometimes called ‘descriptive ethics’ brings two questions readily to mind: How can empirical findings, in general, inform normative debates? and How can these empirical findings, in particular, inform the normative debate at hand? Brick et al 1 confront these questions in their novel investigation of public views about lives worth living and the permissibility of withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from critically ill infants. Mindful of the is-ought gap,…Read more
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18Clinical Ethics Expertise: Beyond Justified Normative Recommendations?American Journal of Bioethics 19 (11): 82-84. 2019.Volume 19, Issue 11, November 2019, Page 82-84.
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30Social Reproductive Labor, Gender, and Health JusticeAmerican Journal of Bioethics 18 (10): 26-28. 2018.
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23Review of Matthew L. Baum, The Neuroethics of Biomarkers: What the Development of Bioprediction Means for Moral Responsibility, Justice, and the Nature of Mental Disorder1 (review)American Journal of Bioethics 16 (12): 20-22. 2016.
Ryan H. Nelson
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
University of Minnesota
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Abbott Northwestern HospitalOther
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Areas of Specialization
Biomedical Ethics |
Philosophy of Medicine |
Philosophy of Psychiatry |
Disability |
Areas of Interest
General Philosophy of Science |
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |