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12523Contemporary Issues in BioethicsCengage Learning. 1982.This anthology represents all of the most important points of view on the most pressing topics in bioethics. Containing current essays and actual medical and legal cases written by outstanding scholars from around the globe, this book provides readers with diverse range of standpoints, including those of medical researchers and practitioners, legal exerts, and philosophers.
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1048The historical foundations of the research-practice distinction in bioethicsHeoretical Medicine and Bioethics 33 (1): 45-56. 2012.The distinction between clinical research and clinical practice directs how we partition medicine and biomedical science. Reasons for a sharp distinction date historically to the work of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, especially to its analysis of the “boundaries” between research and practice in the Belmont Report (1978). Belmont presents a segregation model of the research-practice distinction, according to which research and…Read more
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654Common Morality, Human Rights, and Multiculturalism in Japanese and American BioethicsJournal of Practical Ethics 3 (2): 18-35. 2015.To address some questions in global biomedical ethics, three problems about cultural moral differences and alleged differences in Eastern and Western cultures are addressed: The first is whether the East has fundamentally different moral traditions from those in the West. Concentrating on Japan and the United States, it is argued that theses of profound and fundamental East-West differences are dubious because of many forms of shared morality. The second is whether human rights theory is a West…Read more
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595In defense of affirmative actionThe Journal of Ethics 2 (2): 143-158. 1998.Affirmative action refers to positive steps taken to hire persons from groups previously and presently discriminated against. Considerable evidence indicates that this discrimination is intractable and cannot be eliminated by the enforcement of laws. Numerical goals and quotas are justified if and only if they are necessary to overcome the discriminatory effects that could not otherwise be eliminated with reasonable efficiency. Many past as well as present policies are justified in this way
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520Philosophical ethics: an introduction to moral philosophyMcGraw-Hill. 2001.This accessible overview of classical and modern moral theory with short readings provides comprehensive coverage of ethics and unique coverage of rights, justice, liberty and law. Real-life cases introduce each chapter. While the book's content is theoretical rather than applied ethics, Beauchamp consistently applies the theories to practical moral problems. Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and Mill are at the book;s core and they are placed in the context of moral philosophical controversies of the last…Read more
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445Informed Consent: Its History, Meaning, and Present ChallengesCambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 20 (4): 515-523. 2011.The practice of obtaining informed consent has its history in, and gains its meaning from, medicine and biomedical research. Discussions of disclosure and justified nondisclosure have played a significant role throughout the history of medical ethics, but the term “informed consent” emerged only in the 1950s. Serious discussion of the meaning and ethics of informed consent began in medicine, research, law, and philosophy only around 1972
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420The Right to Health and the Right to Health CareJournal of Medicine and Philosophy 4 (2): 118-131. 1979.
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311A Defense of the Common MoralityKennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 13 (3): 259-274. 2003.: Phenomena of moral conflict and disagreement have led writers in ethics to two antithetical conclusions: Either valid moral distinctions hold universally or they hold relative to a particular and contingent moral framework, and so cannot be applied with universal validly. Responding to three articles in this issue of the Journal that criticize his previously published views on the common morality, the author maintains that one can consistently deny universality to some justified moral norms an…Read more
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271Opposing views on animal experimentation: Do animals have rights?Ethics and Behavior 7 (2). 1997.Animals have moral standing; that is, they have properties (including the ability to feel pain) that qualify them for the protections of morality. It follows from this that humans have moral obligations toward animals, and because rights are logically correlative to obligations, animals have rights.
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261The 'four principles' approach to health care ethicsIn Richard E. Ashcroft (ed.), Principles of Health Care Ethics, Wiley. 2007.
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255The right to die as the triumph of autonomyJournal of Medicine and Philosophy 31 (6). 2006.This Article does not have an abstract
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252The failure of theories of personhoodKennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 9 (4): 309-324. 1999.: The belief persists in philosophy, religion, science, and popular culture that some special cognitive property of persons like self-consciousness confers a unique moral standing. However, no set of cognitive properties confers moral standing, and metaphysical personhood is not sufficient for either moral personhood or moral standing. Cognitive theories all fail to capture the depth of commitments embedded in using the language of "person." It is more assumed than demonstrated in these theories…Read more
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214Principles of biomedical ethicsOxford University Press. 1979.Over the course of its first seven editions, Principles of Biomedical Ethics has proved to be, globally, the most widely used, authored work in biomedical ethics. It is unique in being a book in bioethics used in numerous disciplines for purposes of instruction in bioethics. Its framework of moral principles is authoritative for many professional associations and biomedical institutions-for instruction in both clinical ethics and research ethics. It has been widely used in several disciplines fo…Read more
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164Hume on the nonhuman animalJournal of Medicine and Philosophy 24 (4). 1999.Hume wrote about fundamental similarities and dissimilarities between human and nonhuman animals. His work was centered on the cognitive and emotional lives of animals, rather than their moral or legal standing, but his theories have implications for issues of moral standing. The historical background of these controversies reaches to ancient philosophy and to several prominent figures in early modern philosophy. Hume develops several of the themes in this literature. His underlying method is an…Read more
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163Reply to strong on principlism and casuistryJournal of Medicine and Philosophy 25 (3). 2000.This Article does not have an abstract
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159Personal Identity: Reid’s Answer to HumeThe Monist 61 (2): 326-339. 1978.In the third of his Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, Reid devotes the fourth chapter to the concept of‘identity’, and the sixth chapter to Locke’s theory of ‘personal identity’. This latter chapter is widely regarded as a definitive refutation of the thesis that personal identity is no more than memories of a certain sort. It is interesting that the terms ‘identity’ and ‘personal identity’ do not appear as chapter or section titles elsewhere in any of Reid’s works; and Hume is neither m…Read more
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141The Right to Privacy and the Right to DieSocial Philosophy and Policy 17 (2): 276-292. 2000.Western ethics and law have been slow to come to conclusions about the right to choose the time and manner of one's death. However, policies, practices, and legal precedents have evolved quickly in the last quarter of the twentieth century, from the forgoing of respirators to the use of Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders, to the forgoing of all medical technologies (including hydration and nutrition), and now, in one U.S. state, to legalized physician-assisted suicide. The sweep of history—from the…Read more
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137David Hume: An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals: A Critical Edition (edited book)Clarendon Press. 1998.This is the first new scholarly edition since the nineteenth century of one of the greatest works in the history of philosophy: David Hume's Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals. It is the fourth volume of the Clarendon Hume Edition, which will be the definitive edition for the foreseeable future. In this elegant and lucid Enquiry Hume gives an accessible presentation of his fully developed ethical theory, that is to say his theory of the foundation of morality in human nature. He conside…Read more
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123An Analysis of Hume’s Essay "On Suicide"Review of Metaphysics 30 (1): 73-95. 1976.What is the organizational structure of Hume’s essay? The first three paragraphs are purely introductory and somewhat incidental. To someone untutored in Hume’s general religious skepticism, these opening remarks might appear to be the vain boasts of a philosopher in praise of philosophy. More plausibly, his opening remarks are stage-setting devices. They prepare the reader not for what Hume will argue but rather for how he will uncompromisingly challenge commonly held presuppositions about the …Read more
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112Review: Affirmative Action and Racial Preference: A Debate (review)Mind 115 (459): 747-750. 2006.
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110History and theory in "applied ethics"Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 17 (1): 55-64. 2007.Robert Baker and Laurence McCullough argue that the "applied ethics model" is deficient and in need of a replacement model. However, they supply no clear meaning to "applied ethics" and miss most of what is important in the literature on methodology that treats this question. The Baker-McCullough account of medical and applied ethics is a straw man that has had no influence in these fields or in philosophical ethics. The authors are also on shaky historical grounds in dealing with two problems: …Read more
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106The Concept of Paternalism in Biomedical EthicsJahrbuch für Wissenschaft Und Ethik 14 (1): 77-92. 2009.
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101The Oxford handbook of business ethics (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2010.This handbook is a comprehensive treatment of business ethics from a philosophical approach.
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98Ethical Theory and Business (edited book)Pearson/Prentice Hall. 2008.For forty years, successive editions of Ethical Theory and Business have helped to define the field of business ethics. The 10th edition reflects the current, multidisciplinary nature of the field by explicitly embracing a variety of perspectives on business ethics, including philosophy, management, and legal studies. Chapters integrate theoretical readings, case studies, and summaries of key legal cases to guide students to a rich understanding of business ethics, corporate responsibility, and …Read more
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98Principles of Biomedical Ethics: Marking Its Fortieth AnniversaryAmerican Journal of Bioethics 19 (11): 9-12. 2019.Volume 19, Issue 11, November 2019, Page 9-12.
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