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4Public Health, Public Health Ethics Principlism, and Good Governance During the Covid-19 PandemicSocial Philosophy and Policy 40 (2): 306-328. 2023.The COVID-19 pandemic brought about at least two normative challenges on unprecedented scale for liberal democracies. One concerned prioritization decisions when health care resources were constrained. The other, which arguably led to lasting damage to social cohesion and citizens’ trust in government and government public health institutions, concerned policies introduced with the aim of reducing the spread of SARS-CoV2, some of which turned out to be mistaken. I discuss in this essay a few exa…Read more
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9Conscientious commitment, professional obligations and abortion provision after the reversal of Roe v WadeJournal of Medical Ethics 50 (5): 351-358. 2024.We argue that, in certain circumstances, doctors might beprofessionallyjustified to provide abortions even in those jurisdictions where abortion is illegal. That it is at least professionally permissible does not mean that they have an all-things-considered ethical justification or obligation to provide illegal abortions or that professional obligations or professional permissibility trump legal obligations. It rather means that professional organisations should respect and indeed protect doctor…Read more
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21Medically Assisted Dying in the Global SouthDeveloping World Bioethics 24 (2): 51-51. 2024.Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.
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32The International Association of Bioethics Failed Its Rosa Parks MomentAmerican Journal of Bioethics 24 (4): 32-34. 2024.In a commentary published in Bioethics I defended Qatar as the location of the 2024 World Congress of Bioethics (Schuklenk 2023). I have since, reluctantly, changed my views on this.This brief resp...
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28Morality and Justice: Reading Boylan's a Just Society (edited book)Lexington Books. 2009.The essays in this book engage the original and controversial claims from Michael Boylan's A Just Society. Each essay discusses Boylan's claims from a particular chapter and offers a critical analysis of these claims. Boylan responds to the essays in his lengthy and philosophically rich reply.
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32Ethics of a pandemic of deliberate health misinformation: From abortion care to vaccinesBioethics 38 (2): 93-94. 2024.<no abstract - brief excerpt> "...efforts at manipulating vulnerable populations into acting in particular ways that may not be in their best interest, has a history going back much longer. Arguably the internet turbocharged some of these efforts, but this has been happening for a long time."
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12Global Health ResponsibilitiesIn Helga Kuhse & Peter Singer (eds.), A Companion to Bioethics, Wiley-blackwell. 1998.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Doubts About Libertarianism Obligations Conclusions References Further reading.
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1Conscientious Objection in Health CareIn Ezio Di Nucci, Ji-Young Lee & Isaac A. Wagner (eds.), The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Bioethics, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2022.
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13When medical professionalism and culture or the law collide: Gay patients in homophobic societiesDeveloping World Bioethics 23 (3): 199-200. 2023.Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.
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4AIDS as a Global Health EmergencyIn Helga Kuhse & Peter Singer (eds.), A Companion to Bioethics, Wiley-blackwell. 1998.This chapter contains sections titled: HIV Testing HIV Infection: Harm to Self or Harm to Others Access to Experimental Drugs and the Ethics of Research Clinical Trials Developing Preventive Vaccines Affordable Access to Life‐preserving Medication HIV Infection in Health‐care Professionals and Patients Final Remarks References Further reading.
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2Developing World ChallengesIn Helga Kuhse & Peter Singer (eds.), A Companion to Bioethics, Wiley-blackwell. 1998.This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Medical Migration and Moral Responsibility Lending Money to Developing Countries Culture and Religion Health Research and Resources Conclusions References.
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9Introduction: Now More Important than Ever ‐ Voices of ReasonIn Russell Blackford & Udo Schüklenk (eds.), 50 Voices of Disbelief, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009-09-10.This chapter contains sections titled: References.
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5Human Self‐Determination, Biomedical Progress, and GodIn Russell Blackford & Udo Schüklenk (eds.), 50 Voices of Disbelief, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009-09-10.This chapter contains sections titled: God and I God and the Teenage I – The Theodicy Fiasco God and the Adult I – Harmful Religious Beliefs at Life's Beginning God and the Adult I – Harmful Religious Beliefs During Our Lives God and the Adult I – Harmful Religious Beliefs at Life's End Why I Speak Out Notes.
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2IntroductionIn Russell Blackford & Udo Schüklenk (eds.), 50 Great Myths About Atheism, Wiley-blackwell. 2013.This is introductory chapter of 50 Great Myths About Atheism offers readers some useful entry points into the long‐standing philosophical debate between theists and atheists. The attacks on atheism are often driven by strong emotions, perhaps because atheism threatens values associated with religion. The authors examine 50 myths, and in each case, they are convinced that something is being claimed that is, if not straightforwardly false, at least seriously and demonstrably misleading. The author…Read more
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2The Rise of Modern AtheismIn Russell Blackford & Udo Schüklenk (eds.), 50 Great Myths About Atheism, Wiley-blackwell. 2013.Science has tended in numerous ways to undermine religion — and supernaturalism more generally. This chapter discusses aspects of the relationship between theistic religion and science, noting, in particular, how the success of science contributed to a disenchantment of the cosmos. The chapter provides some historical background about atheism. It explains why traditional demonstrations of God's existence tend to be so unconvincing, especially in the light of modern science. The chapter discusses…Read more
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4No Future for Atheism?In Russell Blackford & Udo Schüklenk (eds.), 50 Great Myths About Atheism, Wiley-blackwell. 2013.This chapter deals with the myths: atheism is a bad bet (Pascal's Wager); atheism is only for an educated elite; and atheism is doomed in a postsecular age. The argument that atheism is a bad bet starts off with an invitation to acknowledge an uncertainty as to whether or not God exists. Even assuming atheism is true, there's a legitimate question as to whether this might not be too harsh a truth for some or many people, one not easily embraced by people who have no worldly hopes. Individuals wh…Read more
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6Religion and ScienceIn Russell Blackford & Udo Schüklenk (eds.), 50 Great Myths About Atheism, Wiley-blackwell. 2013.Many contemporary atheists find support in what they take to be the methodology and findings of science. In response to this, it is often suggested that these atheists are wrong‐headed, and that religion and science are completely compatible. It is often claimed by critics that the widespread acceptance of philosophical naturalism by scientifically informed people results from a simple mistake. Evolutionary theory is best regarded as a sort of atheistic religion. This myth crops up frequently, a…Read more
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3Faith and ReasonIn Russell Blackford & Udo Schüklenk (eds.), 50 Great Myths About Atheism, Wiley-blackwell. 2013.Atheists mistakenly think that faith is just a matter of belief without evidence. Many theologians, in particular, insist that this is a naive understanding of faith, and they describe more sophisticated or elaborate concepts of faith. One approach to defending religion claims that atheism itself depends on faith. If that can be demonstrated, then atheists are no better off than the religious, and it becomes just as arbitrary to deny the existence of the gods as to believe in them. The claim tha…Read more
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2Horrible, Strident AtheistsIn Russell Blackford & Udo Schüklenk (eds.), 50 Great Myths About Atheism, Wiley-blackwell. 2013.In modern liberal democracies, our freedom of speech is rightly respected. We are all permitted to argue for the truth of whatever we believe, both in private and in public forums. We are permitted to persuade others, if we can, to live in certain ways and not to do certain things, to take a particular view of the good life for human beings, and to believe certain things rather than others. You won't be surprised to learn that many atheists think that children should not be indoctrinated with th…Read more
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2Name CallingIn Russell Blackford & Udo Schüklenk (eds.), 50 Great Myths About Atheism, Wiley-blackwell. 2013.Clearly not all atheists are left‐wingers or liberals. This myth is based in part on the mistaken assumption that atheists must all agree with each other across a range of issues, including political ones. Atheism and communism were closely associated in political discussion and the public mind, with the result that many people still conflate atheism and communism, hearing an echo of the word “communist” in the word “atheist”. Communism is most certainly not the main motivator in current express…Read more
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2Atheist LivingIn Russell Blackford & Udo Schüklenk (eds.), 50 Great Myths About Atheism, Wiley-blackwell. 2013.Many religious thinkers hold that for our lives to be meaningful we need to be immortal in some way, or else our lives would be just as meaningless as those of other animals. According to this line of thought, God soon comes into the equation, as only God is capable of offering us immortality. The existence of God, then, is a logically necessary condition for a meaningful human life. Another myth suggests that atheists would be unable to create great works of art such as religious artists have c…Read more
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4Atheism, Ethics, and the SoulIn Russell Blackford & Udo Schüklenk (eds.), 50 Great Myths About Atheism, Wiley-blackwell. 2013.This chapter deals with the following myths: without God there is no morality; atheists are moral relativists; atheists don't give to charity; atheists deny the sanctity of human life; and if there is no god we are soulless creatures. Atheists, informed by secular approaches to ethics, are more likely to be focused on what will cause, or prolong, or conversely, ameliorate, suffering, rather than taking the view that human life possesses some kind of transcendent or supernatural value. Many think…Read more
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3International Atheist and Related OrganizationsIn Russell Blackford & Udo Schüklenk (eds.), 50 Great Myths About Atheism, Wiley-blackwell. 2013.The prelims comprise: Half‐Title Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgments.
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2From the EditorsDeveloping World Bioethics 5 (2): 188-193. 2005.Books reviewed: Engendering International Health: The Challenge of Equity, edited by Gita Sen, Asha George, and Piroska Östlin Reviewed by James Dwyer Elementos para un análisis ético de la reproducción, edited by Juan Guillermo Figueroa Reviewed by Florencia Luna.