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Research
Interests
My primary research interests are in ethical theory, applied ethics, and
philosophy of biology. My dissertation was about the meta-ethical
implications of naturalistic accounts of the moral sentiments, in
particular how such accounts bear on the metaphysics of morality; in
future work, I would like to explore epistemological implications as
well. In applied ethics, my two most extensive research programs are on
the moral permissibility of interrogational torture and on ethical issues
surrounding new technologies. In this latter category, I have been
especially interested in nanotechnologies, as well as various
biotechnologies, such as cloning, stem cell research, and genetic
interventions.
Teaching
Interests
I have taught a number of courses on various facets of ethical theory and
applied ethics: moral theory (introductory and advanced), biomedical
ethics, philosophy
of law, and business
& professional ethics. In the future, I will
also be teaching philosophy
of science and philosophy
of biology. In addition to formal
course offerings, I have led graduate reading groups and/or independent studies
in the metaphysics of causation, the biological bases of morality, and
social & political philosophy.
Articles
“Business Bluffing Reconsidered,” Journal of Business Ethics 45 (2003): 283-89. Reprinted in Taking Sides:
Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in
Management, ed. Marc
Street (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004), pp 53-61.
“Terrorism
and Torture,” International Journal of Applied
Philosophy 17.1 (Fall 2003): 105-18. Reprinted in Understanding Terrorism:
Philosophical Issues, ed. Timothy Shanahan (LaSalle, IL: Open Court Press, 2005), pp.
243-59. Also reprinted (in
slightly modified form) as “An Ethical Defense of Torture in
Interrogation” in Jan Goldman (ed.), Ethics of Spying: A
Reader for the Intelligence Professional (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005), pp.
126-40.
“Evolutionary Ethics from Darwin to
Moore,” History and
Philosophy of the Life Sciences 25 (2003): 81-109.
“Telomeres and the Ethics of Human
Cloning,” American Journal of Bioethics 4.2 (2004): W29-W31.
“Discriminating
against ‘Organ Takers’,”
American Journal of Bioethics 4.4
(2004): 31-33.
“Germ-Line
Genetic Enhancement and Rawlsian Primary Goods,”
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal
15.1 (2005): 39-56.
“Free-Riding
and Research Ethics,” American
Journal of Bioethics 5.1
(2005): 50-1.
“Neuroscience
and Metaphysics,” American Journal of Bioethics 5.2 (2005): 34-6 (with Chris Buford).
“On
Economic Justifications of Bioterrorism Defense Spending,”
American Journal of Bioethics 5.4 (2005): 52-4.
“Stem
Cells and the Blastocyst Transfer Method: Some Concerns Regarding Autonomy,”
American Journal of Bioethics 5.6 (2005): 28-30.
“A
Defense of Torture:
Separation of Cases, Ticking Time-Bombs, and Moral Justification,”
International Journal of Applied
Philosophy 19.2
(2006): 243-64.
“Nanoethics
and Human Enhancement: A
Critical Evaluation of Recent Arguments,”
Nanotechnology Perceptions 2 (2006): 47-52 (with Patrick Lin).
“Physician
Involvement in Hostile Interrogations,”
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare
Ethics (forthcoming).
Edited Volumes
Ethics and the Workplace, 3 vols.
(London: Sage Publications, 2005) (with
Anand Vaidya).
Blackwell
Readings in the History of Philosophy: Ancient Philosophy (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, forthcoming)
(with Nicholas Smith, and Anand Vaidya).
Blackwell
Readings in the History of Philosophy: Medieval Philosophy (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, in press)
(with Gyula Klima and Anand Vaidya).
Blackwell
Readings in the History of Philosophy: Early Modern Philosophy (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, in press)
(with A. P. Martinich and Anand Vaidya).
Blackwell Readings in the History of
Philosophy: Late Modern
Philosophy (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, in press)
(with Elizabeth Radcliffe, Richard McCarty, and Anand Vaidya).
Business
and Professional Ethics, 2 vols.
(Calgary: Broadview Press, forthcoming)
(with Anand Vaidya).
Wine
& Philosophy (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing,
forthcoming).
Beer
& Philosophy (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, forthcoming)
(with Steve Hales).
Food
& Philosophy (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, forthcoming)
(with Dave Monroe).
“Nanoethics: A Symposium” in The International Journal of Applied
Philosophy (forthcoming) (with Patrick Lin).
Book Reviews and Other
Publications
Review of Darwin’s Cathedral:
Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society by David Sloan Wilson, Human Nature Review 4 (2004): 76-80.
Review
of Remaking Life & Death: Toward an Anthropology of the
Biosciences by Sarah
Franklin and Margaret M. Lock (eds.), History
and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 26 (2004): 440-2.
Note on The President of Good & Evil: The Ethics of George W. Bush by
Peter Singer, Ethics 115.2
(2005): 439. Review in Human Nature Review (forthcoming).
“The Oregon Plan and
QALY’s,” Virtual
Mentor: Ethics Journal of the
American Medical Association 7.2 (2005).
“An Introduction to Ethical
Theory and Business Ethics,” in Fritz Allhoff and Anand Vaidya
(eds.), Business Ethics (London: Sage Publications, 2005): xix-xxx.
“The Moral Status of
Communication,” National
Consensus Report on Patient-Centered Communication (Chicago: AMA Press, forthcoming).
“Should
Alcoholics Be Deprioritized for Liver Transplantation?”, Virtual Mentor: Ethics Journal of the American
Medical Association 7.9 (2005).
“The Zen Master and the Big
Aristotle: Cultivating a
Philosopher in the Low Post,” in Greg Bassham (ed.), Basketball and Philosophy (LaSalle, IL: Open Court Press, forthcoming).
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