1 January, 2010 CURRICULUM VITAE Donald Marquis, Professor ...

CURRICULUM VITAE
January, 2010
Donald Marquis, Professor of Philosophy
Academic Training
A.B.
M.A.
M.A.
Ph.D.
Indiana University, 1957: Anatomy and Physiology
University of Pittsburgh, 1962: History
Indiana University, 1964: History and Philosophy of Science
Indiana University, 1970: Philosophy
Dissertation Scientific Realism and the Antinomy of External Objects
Academic Appointments
1960-61 Teaching Assistant, The University of Pittsburgh
1964-67 Teaching Assistant, Indiana University
1967-70 Acting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, The University of Kansas
1967-71 Assistant Director, Western Civilization Program
1970-76 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, The University of Kansas
1976-90 Associate Professor of Philosophy, The University of Kansas
1990-present Professor of Philosophy, The University of Kansas
2007-2008 Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching, University
Center for Human Values, Princeton University.
Professional Publications
RESEARCH
"Verstehen and Explanation," Kansas Journal of Sociology, IV (1968) #2, 79-87.
"Historical Explanation: A Reconsideration of the New Popper-Hempel Theory," Southwestern
Journal of Philosophy, IV (1973) 101-108.
"Marxism, Capitalism and Alienation," (Review essay) The Rocky Mountain Social Science
Journal, 10 (1973) #3, 118-124.
"In Defense of Sir Arthur Eddington," Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, VII (1976), #1,
137-143.
"Medical Ethics--Danger or Help to Clinicians?" Dialogue: A Journal of Kansas Health
Concerns 3 (1976) #4, 35-38.
"Ethics and the Elderly: Some Problems," in Stuart F. Spicker, Kathleen M. Woodward and
David D. VanTassel, eds., Aging and the Elderly: Humanistic Perspectives in Gerontology
(Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1978) 341-355.
"Some Difficulties with Double Effect," Southwestern Journal of Philosophy IX (1978), #1,
27-34.
"Leaving Therapy to Chance: An Impasse in the Ethics of Randomized Clinical Trials,"
Hastings Center Report 13 (August, 1983) #4, 40-
"Harming the Dead," Ethics 96 (October, 1985) 159-161.
"An Argument that All Prerandomized Trials are Unethical," Journal of Medicine and
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Philosophy, 11 (November, 1986) 367-383. Reprinted:
1. Ethical Issues in Scientific Research (Edward Erwin, Sidney Gendim and
Lowell Kleiman eds.) 1st ed. (Hamden, CT: Garland Publishing, 1994).
"When Research is Best Therapy," (with Ron Stephens and Ethel S. Siris and M. Margaret
Kemeny) Hastings Center Report 18 (April/May 1988) #2, 24-26. Reprinted:
1. Cases in Bioethics, (New York: St. Martin's Press). 1st ed. Carol Levine, ed.
1989, 172-175; 2nd ed. Bette-Jane Crigger, ed., 1993, 162-165.
2. (Retitled) "The Doctor's Unproven Beliefs and the Subject's Informed Choice,"
(with Ron Stephens, Ethel S. Siris and M. Margaret Kemeny, and Robert J.
Levine) IRB: A Review of Human Subjects Research 10 (May/June, 1988)
#3, 3-5.
3. The Social Medicine Reader (ed. Social Medicine Department, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill) 1st ed. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press,
1997) 386-392.
"Decisions Concerning Imperiled Newborns: What Should Be the Parents' Role?" Midwest
Medical Ethics 4 (Summer 1988) #3, 1-3, 8.
"The Capron-Kass Definition of Death: Some Fatal Flaws," Legal Aspects of Medical Practice
16 (December, 1988) #12, 3-5.
"Commentary on Zelen," in John M. Nicholas, ed., Moral Priorities in Medical Research: The
Second Hannah Conference (Toronto: The Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine, 1989)
153-156.
"Preterm Labor and Prenatal Harm" (with Bonnie Steinbock and Sahar Kayata) Hastings Center
Report 19 (March/April 1989) #2, 32-34.
Reprinted:
1. Cases in Bioethics (Bette-Jane Crigger, ed.; (New York: St. Martin's Press) 2nd
ed. (1993) 207-211; 3rd ed. (1998) 195-199.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," The Journal of Philosophy LXXXVI (April, 1989) #4, 183-202.
Reprinted:
1. Midwest Medical Ethics 5 (Summer 1989) #3.
2. Social Ethics (Thomas Mappes and Jane Zembaty, eds.) 4th ed. (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1992) 27-33; 5th ed. (1997) 27-38; 6 th ed. (2001) 22-28.
3. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Moral Issues (Stephen Satris,
ed.) 3rd ed. (Guilford, Connecticut: Dushkin Publishing, 1992) 208-215; 4th
ed. (1994) 221-229; 5th ed. (1996); 6th ed. (1998) 212-219; 7th ed. (2000)
190-197; 8 th ed. (2002); 9 th ed. (McGraw-Hill, 2004) 102-111; 10 th ed. (2006)
61-69; 11 th ed. (2008).
4. Today's Moral Issues (Daniel Bonevac, ed.) 1 st ed. (Mountain View, CA:
Mayfield Publishing, 1992), 304-315; 2nd ed. (1996) 335-349; 3rd ed. (1999)
414-425; 4 th ed. (2002) 347-358; 5 th ed. (2006) 370-381; (McGraw-Hill) 6 th ed.
(2009).
5. Social and Personal Ethics (William H. Shaw, ed.) 1 st ed. (Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1992) 140-149; 2nd ed. (1996) 137-146.
6. Arguing About Abortion (Lewis M. Schwartz, ed.) 1st. ed. (Belmont, CA:
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Wadsworth Publishing Co, 1993) 201-217.
7. Moral Controversies: Race, Gender and Class (Steven Gold, ed.) 1st. ed.
(Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co, 1993) 21-33.
8. Gender Basics (Anne Minas, ed.) 1st. ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing
Co. 1993) 429-432; 2 nd . Ed. (2000) 398-402.
9. Personal Values: Moral Problems in Daily Life (Eric H. Gampel, ed.) 1st ed.
(Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 1992).
10. Applied Ethics: A Multicultural Approach (Larry May, Shari Collins-Chobanian
and Kai Wong, eds.) 1 st . ed. (Engelwood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1994)
444-451, 2nd ed. (1998). 549-556, 3 rd . ed. (2002) 514-521.
11. Contemporary Moral Problems (James E. White, ed.) (St. Paul: West Publishing
Co.), 4th ed. (1994) 118-126, 5th ed. (1996) 179-187, 6th ed. (1998) 143-150
7 th ed. (2003) 144-155, 8 th ed. (2006) 126-137.
12. The Abortion Controversy: A Reader (Louis P. Pojman and Frank Beckwith,
eds.) 1st ed. (Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishing Co., 1994) 320-338, 2nd
ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1998) 339-356.
13. Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues, formerly Doing Good and Respecting
Rights: An Introduction to Ethics (Barbara MacKinnon, ed.) 1st ed. (Belmont,
CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1994) 157-165, 4 th ed. (2003) 184-191, 5 th
ed. (2007).
14. Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine (John Arras and Bonnie Steinbock, eds.) 4th
ed. (Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Co., 1995) 343-351; 5th ed.
(1999) 352-360; 6 th ed. (2003) 465-471.
15. "Por qu es inmoral el aborto," Decisiones de Vida y Muerte: Eutanasia, Aborto y
Otros temas de tica mdica (Florencia Luna and Arleen Salles, eds.) 1st ed.
(Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial Sudamericana, 1995) 177-185.
16. Biomedical Ethics (Thomas A. Mappes and David DeGrazia, eds.) 4th ed. (New
York: McGraw-Hill, 1996) 441-444, 5 th ed. (2001) 463-467, 6 th ed. (2006)
466-471.
17. Intervention and Reflection: Basic Issues in Medical Ethics (Ronald Munson, ed.)
5th ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1996) 88-93; 6th ed.
(1999) 105-10; 7 th ed. (2004) 605-609.
18. Moral Issues: Philosophical and Religious Perspectives (Gabriel
Palmer-Fernandez, ed.) 1st ed. (Upper Saddle River, N.J.:Prentice-Hall, 1996)
90-101.
19. Contemporary Moral Issues: Diversity and Consensus (Lawrence M. Hinman ed.)
1st ed. (Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1996) 65-80; 2nd ed. (2000)
60-74; 3 rd . ed. (2005).
20. Understanding Arguments: An Introduction to Informal Logic (Robert J. Fogelin
and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, eds.) 5th ed. (Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace,
1997) 458-475; 6th ed. (2000), 7 th ed., 8 th ed. (Wadsworth, 2009).
21. Reason and Insight: Western and Eastern Perspectives on the Pursuit of Moral
Wisdom (Timothy Shanahan and Robin Wang, eds.) 1st ed. (Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1996) 360-371; 2 nd ed. (Thomson Learning, 2002)
257-266.
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22. The Problem of Abortion (Susan Dwyer and Joel Feinberg, eds.) 3rd ed.
(Belmont, Ca.: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1997) 24-39.
23. Sex, Morality and the Law (Lori Gruen and George Panichas, eds.) 1st ed.
(London: Routledge, 1997) 308-317.
24. Morality in Practice (James Sterba, ed.) 5th ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth
Publishing Co., 1996) 129-133; 6 th ed. (2001) 125-129; 7 th ed. (2004) 135-139.
25. Applied Ethics in American Society (Diana Michelfelder Wilcox and William H.
Wilcox, eds.) 1 st ed. (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1997) 99-110.
26. Logical Thinking Reader (Frances Howard-Snyder, ed.) 1 st ed. (Dubuque, Iowa:
Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 1996).
27. Health Care Ethics in Canada (Francoise Baylis and others, eds.) 1 st ed. (Toronto:
Harcourt Brace and Company, 1995).
28. Current Moral and Social Issues (Rutgers University, Department of Philosophy,
ed.) 1 st ed. (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 1996).
29. Ethical Issues: Perspectives For Canadians (Eldon Soifer, ed.) 2 nd . Ed.
(Peterborough, ON, Canada: Broadview Press, 1997) 241-248, 3rd. ed.
(2009).
30. Classic Works in Medical Ethics (Gregory Pence, ed.) 1 st ed. (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1998) 183-200.
31. Contemporary Moral Issues: Race, Gender and Class Perspectives (Julie
McDonald, ed.) 1 st ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1998) 103-
116.
32. Beginning Bioethics (Aaron Ridley, ed.) 1 st ed. (New York: St. Martin’s Press,
1998) 117-123.
33. Classical Philosophical Questions (James J. Gould, ed.) 9 th ed. (Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1998) 510-522.
34. Contemporary Issues in Bioethics (Tom L. Beauchamp and LeRoy Walters, eds.)
5 th ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1999) 196-202.
35. Ethical Theory and Moral Problems (Howard J. Curzer, ed.) 1 st ed. (Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1999) 461-473.
36. The Right Thing to Do: Basic Readings in Moral Philosophy (James Rachels,
ed.) 2 nd ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999) 109-115; 3 rd . ed. (2002) 107-
113; 4 th ed. (2006), (Stuart Rachels, ed.) 5 th ed. (2009).
37. Life and Death: A Reader (Lewis Pojman, ed.) 2 nd ed. (Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth, 1999) 279-292.
38. Bioethics: An Anthology (Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer, eds.) lst ed. (Oxford:
Blackwell, 1999) 46-57: 2 nd . Ed. (2005).
39. La moralidad del aborto (Margarita Valdés, ed.) 1 st ed., (Instituto de
Investigaciones Filósoficas, UNAM and Fondo de Cultura Ecónomica,
México, 1999).
40. Moral Issues in Global Perspectives (Christiana M. Koggel, ed.) 1 st ed.
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(Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 1999) 539-549; 2 nd ed. (2005)
41. Philosophy Anthology (Erik Wingrove-Haugland, ed.) 1 st ed. (U.S. Coast Guard
Academy, 1999).
42. Readings in Health Care Ethics (Elisabeth Boetzkes and Wilfrid Waluchow,
eds.) 1 st ed. (Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 2000) 241-252.
43. Criminal Justice Ethics (Paul Leighton and Jeffrey Reiman, eds.) 1 st . ed. (Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2001) 198-211.
44. Ethical Theory: A Concise Anthology (Heimir Geirsson and Margaret R.
Holmgren, eds) 1 st . ed. (Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 2001) 355-373.
45. Morality Matters (Jeffrey R. DiLeo, ed.) 1 st . ed. (Mountain View, CA: Mayfield
Publishing Co., 2002) 163-174.
46. Citizens and Governance (Tim Ruddy, ed) 1 st ed. (Minneapolis: Primus Custom
Publishing, 2000).
47. The Ethics of Abortion (Robert M. Baird and Stuart Rosenbaum, eds.) 3 rd ed.
(Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 2001) 309-327.
48. Racism and Sexism (Jan Boxill, ed.) 1 st . ed. (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall-Hunt
Publishing Co. 2001)
49. Analyzing Moral Issues (Judith A. Boss, ed.) 2 nd . Ed. (Mountain View, CA:
Mayfield Publishing Co. 2002) 134-138, 4 th ed (McGraw-Hill) 2008.
50. Symposia: Readings in Philosophy (Ohio State University Philosophy
Department) 1 st . ed. (Pearson Publishing 2002).
51. Morality and Moral Controversies (John Arthur,ed.) 6 th ed. (Upper Saddle River,
New Jersey: Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2002) 218-227.
52. Contemporary Moral Problems (Peter Mehl and Charles Harvey, eds.) 1 st . ed.
(Dubuque Iowa: Kendall-Hunt Publishing, 2003)
53. Critically Thinking About Medical Ethics (Robert F. Card, ed.) 1 st . ed. (Upper
Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2004) 145-148.
54. What’s Wrong? (Graham Oddie and David Boonin, eds.) 1 st . ed. (New York:
Oxford University Press, 2005) 68-76.
55. You Decide!- Current Debates in Contemporary Moral Issues (Bruce Waller, ed.)
1 st . ed. (Pearson/Longman, 2005)
56. Social Ethics (Thomas Carroll, ed.) 1 st . ed. (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall-Hunt
Publishing, 2005)
57. Disputed Moral Issues (Mark Timmons, ed.) 1 st . ed. (New York: Oxford
University Press, 2006), 2 nd ed. (2011).
58. Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life (Christina Hoff Sommers and Fred Sommers
eds.) 7 th ed. (Belmont, Ca: Thomson Higher Education, 2006)
59. Moral Reasoning (Steven M. Cahn, ed.) 1 st . ed. (Belmont Ca:
Thomson/Wadsworth, 2007).
60. From Socrates to Cinema: An Introduction to Philosophy (Jeffrey DiLeo, ed) 1 st .
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ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006)
61. Bioethics: An Introduction to the History, Methods, and Practice (Nancy Jecker,
Albert Jonsen and Robert Pearlman, eds.) 2 nd ed. (Jones and Bartlett, 2007)
62. The Moral Life (Louis P. Pojman and Lewis Vaughn, eds.) 3 rd . ed. (New York:
Oxford University Press, 2006) 4 th ed. 2010.
63. Practical Ethics: Matters of Life and Death (Christopher W. Morris, ed.) 1 st . ed.
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2007).
64. A Etica do Aborto: Perspectivas e Argumentos (Pedro Galvao, ed.) 1 st . ed. (Lisboa:
Dinalivro, 2005) 127-155.
65. Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Reasoning (Lewis Vaughn, ed.) 1 st . ed. (New
York: W. W. Norton, 2007); Doing Ethics: Moral Reasoning and Contemporary
Issues, 2 nd ed. (2010).
66. Ethical Theory: An Anthology (Russ Shafer-Landau, ed) 1 st . ed. (Malden, MA:
Blackwell, 2007)
67. Social Ethics: Classical and Applied (Thomas C. Carroll, Jr.) 1st. ed. (Dubuque,
Iowa: Kencall/Hunt, 2007)
68. Consider Ethics: Theory, Readings and Contemporary Issues (Bruce Waller,
ed.)2nd. Ed. (Pearson: Longman 2008).
69. Living Ethics (Michael Minch and Chris Weigel, eds.) (Belmont Ca: Wadsworth
Publishing Co., 2008).
70. Philosophy: The Quest for Truth (Louis P. Pojman and Lewis Vaughn, eds.) 7 th . ed.
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2008)
71. Bioethics for the New Millennium (Jennifer Parks and Victoria Wilkes, eds.) 1st.
ed. (Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, 2008).
72. Biomedical Ethics: A Canadian Focus (Johnna Fisher, ed.)1 st . ed. (Don Mills, ON:
Oxford University Press, Canada, 2009).
73. Exploring Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology (Steven Cahn, ed.) 3rd t . ed.
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2008).
74. Bioethics: Principles, Theories and Issues (Lewis Vaughn, ed.)1 st . ed. (New York:
Oxford University Press, 2010)
75. Ethics: A Reader (Russ Shafer-Landau,ed.) 1 st . ed. (New York: Oxford University
Press, 2009).
76. Philosophy and Death: Introductory Readings (Samantha Brennan and Robert
Stainton, eds.) 1 st . ed. (University of Western Ontario Press, 2009).
77. Applying Ethics: A Text with Readings (Julie Van Camp, eds)1 st ed. (Belmont Ca.:
Wadsworth, 2010)
78. Ethics: The Essential Writings (Gordon Marino, ed.) 1 st . ed. [New York: Random
House (Modern Library) 2010].
79. Abortion and Bioethics (in Japanese) Satoshi Eguchi, ed. 1 st . ed. (Tokyo, Keiso
Shobo Publishing Co., Ltd, 2010).
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80. Antologia bioetyki. Poczatki zycia (Anthology of Bioethics. Beginnings of Life)
Wlodzimierz Galewicz, ed (Cracow, Poland: Universitas Publishing House 2010).
81. Introduction to Ethics (Steven Huizenga, ed.) 1 st . ed. (University Readers, 2010).
82. Consider Ethics 1 st . ed. (Pearson Custom Publishing, 2010).
and Ron Stephens, “The Doctor’s Unproven Beliefs and the Subject’s Informed Choice:
Another Commentary,” IRB: A Review of Human Subjects Research 11 (May/June 1989) #3,
8-9.
“An Ethical Problem Concerning Recent Therapeutic Research on Breast Cancer,” Hypatia: A
Journal of Feminist Philosophy 4 (Summer 1989) #2, 140-155. Reprinted:
1. Feminist Perspectives in Medical Ethics (Helen Bequaert Holmes and Laura
Purdy, eds.) 1 st ed. (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana Press, 1992) 140-153.
“The Role of Applied Ethics in Philosophy,” Southwest Philosophy Review 6, (January 1990)
#1, 1-18. (Presidential Address, Southwestern Philosophical Society, November 17, 1989).
“Four Versions of Double Effect,” The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 16 (October, 1991)
#5, 515-544. Reprinted:
1. The Doctrine of Double Effect: Philosophers Debate a Controversial Moral
Principle (P. A. Woodward, ed.) Notre Dame, Indiana: Notre Dame University
Press, 2001) 156-185.
“A Future Like Ours and the Concept of Person: A Reply to McInerney and Paske,” The
Abortion Controversy: A Reader (Louis P. Pojman and Francis J. Beckwith, eds.) 1 st ed.
(Boston: Jones and Bartlett, 1994) 354-369; 2 nd ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1998) 372-385.
“Justifying the Rights of Pregnancy: The Interest View,” Criminal Justice Ethics 13
(Winter/Spring, 1994) #1, 67-81.
“Fetuses, Futures, and Values: A Reply to Shirley,” Southwest Philosophy Review 11 (1995)
#2, 263-265.
“Death and Its Difficulties: A Critical Study of Fred Feldman’s Confrontations with the Reaper:
A Philosophical Study of the Nature and Value of Death,” Nous, 30, (September, 1996) #3.
401-410.
“Abortion” Donald Borchert (ed.) Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Supplement (New York:
Macmillan, 1996).
“An Argument that Abortion Is Wrong,” Ethics in Practice: An Anthology (Hugh LaFollette,
ed.) 1 st ed. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1997) 91-102; 2 nd . Ed. (2002) 83-93, 3 rd . ed. (2006). Reprinted:
1. Social and Personal Ethics (William Shaw, ed.) 3 rd ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth,
1998) 137-147; 4 th ed.; 5 th ed. (2005) 119-127.
2. Morality and Moral Controversies (John Arthur, ed.) 5 th ed. (Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999) 187-195; 6 th ed.(2002) 218-227.
3. Metaethics, Normative Ethics and Applied Ethics (James Fieser, ed.) 1st. ed.
(Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2000) 413-423.
4. Reason and Responsibility (Joel Feinberg and Russ Shafer-Landau, eds) 12 th . ed.
(Belmont Ca: Wadsworth, 2005) 677-687.
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5. Ethics: History, Theory, and Contemporary Issues (Steven M. Cahn and Peter
Markie, eds) 3 rd . ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006) 754-764, 4 th ed.
(2009).
6. Contemporary Moral Problems (James E. White, ed.) ? ed. (Thomson Publishing,
2008)
"Reiman on Abortion," Journal of Social Philosophy 29 (Spring 1998) #1, 143-145. Reprinted:
1. Criminal Justice Ethics (Paul Leighton and Jeffrey Reiman, eds.) 1st. ed.
(Upper Saddle River: Prentice-Hall, 2001) 224-225.
"The Weakness of the Case for Legalizing Physician Assisted Suicide," in Margaret P. Battin,
Rosamond Rhodes and Anita Silvers (eds.) Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate
(New York: Routledge, 1998) 267-278.
"Why Most Abortions Are Wrong," in Rem B. Edwards and E. Edwards Bittar (eds.) Advances
in Bioethics: Bioethics for Medical Education (Stamford, CT: JAI Press, 1999 )215-244.
"How to Resolve an Ethical Dilemma Concerning Randomized Clinical Trials" The New
England Journal of Medicine 341 (August 26, 1999) #9 691-6. Reprinted:
1. Biomedical Ethics (Thomas Mappes and David DeGrazia, eds.) 7 th ed. (McGraw-
Hill, 2006) 262-266.
2. Bioethics: Principles, Issues and Cases (Lewis Vaughn, ed.) 1 st ed. (New York:
Oxford University Press, 2010) 235-238.
"Ethics of Clinical Trials" The New England Journal of Medicine 342 (March 30, 2000) #13
979-980 (Correspondence concerning previous essay).
“Deprivations, futures and the wrongness of killing” Journal of Medical Ethics 27 (December
2001) #6 363-369.
“Does Metaphysics have Implications for the Morality of Abortion?” Southwest Philosophy
Review 18 (January, 2002) #1 73-78.
“A defence of the potential future of value theory” Journal of Medical Ethics 28 (June, 2002) #3
198-200.
“Stem Cell Research: The Failure of Bioethics,” Free Inquiry 23 (Winter 2002/2003) #1 40-44.
“Korcz’s Objections to the Future-of-Value Argument,” Journal of Social Philosophy 35
(Spring 2004) 56-60.
“Jacobs’ Objections to the Future-of-Value Argument,” Southwest Philosophy Review 20 (July
2004) 147-153.
“What’s Wrong with Adultery?” in What’s Wrong? (Graham Oddie and David Boonin, eds.)
New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, 231-238
“Brill’s Objections to the Future of Value Argument,” Social Theory and Practice 31 No 1
(January, 2005) 105-114
“Savulescu’s Objections to the Future of Value Argument,” Journal of Medical Ethics 31
(February, 2005) 119-122
“How Not to Argue That Embryos Lack Full Moral Status,” The American Journal of Bioethics
5 No 6 (2005) 54-56
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“Abortion and the Beginning and End of Human Life,” The Journal of Law, Medicine, and
Ethics 34 No 1 (Spring 2006) 16-25. Reprinted:
1. Contemporary Bioethics: A Reader with Cases (Jessica Pierce and George Randels,
eds.) 1 st . ed. (Oxford University Press, 2010) 275-283.
“Abortion Revisited,” Oxford Handbook of Bioethics (Bonnie Steinbock, ed.) New York:
Oxford University Press, 2007, 395-415.
“The Moral-Principle Objection to Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research,” Metaphilosophy 38
Nos. 2-3, Special Issue, Stem Cell Research: the Ethical Issues (April, 2007) 190-206. and in a
book version, Lori Gruen, Laura Grabel, and Peter Singer (ed.) Stem Cell Research: The Ethical
Issues (Malden Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2007) 51-66.
“Abortion and Human Nature,” Journal of Medical Ethics 34 (June, 2008) 422-426.
“Singer on Abortion and Infanticide,” Peter Singer under Fire: The Moral Iconoclast Faces His
Critics (Jeffrey A. Schaler, ed.) Chicago: Open Court Publishing, 2009, 133-152.
“Mental Essentialism and the Definition of Death,” APA Newsletter on Philosophy and
Medicine Vol. 09, Number 1 (Fall 2009) 13-14.
“Are DCD Donors Dead?” Hastings Center Report (forthcoming 2010).
“Why Abortion is Seriously Wrong: Two Views,” Bioethics with Liberty and Justice: Themes
in the Work of Joseph M. Boyle (Christopher Tollefsen., ed.) Dordrecht, The Netherlands:
Springer (forthcoming 2010).
Other Publications
"Sabbaticals: Some Policy Alternatives," The University of Kansas Faculty Council Minutes,
Appendix C, March 23, 1978.
Review of Death, Dying and the Biological Revolution: Our Last Quest for Responsibility by
Robert M. Veatch in Journal of Social Welfare 5 (1978) #1, 71-72.
"A Professor Tells Why He Thinks IHP Should Be Rethought," Kansas Alumni 77 (April, 1979)
#7, 4.
"The Case for a Selective Admission Policy at KU," Faculty Forum 2, (January 1988) #1, 6-7,
14.
"Risks of Consent," (letter) Hastings Center Report 20 (July/August 1990) #4, 40.
"The Ultimate Pain Relief," (letter) Hastings Center Report 25 (November/December, 1995) #6,
2-3.
"Life, Death, and Dworkin, Review of Ronald Dworkin, Life's Dominion: An Argument about
Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom," Philosophy and Social Criticism 22 (November,
1996), #6 127-131.
"Right Questions, Inadequate Answers, Review of Stephen G. Post, The Moral Challenge of
Alzheimer Disease" Cross Currents 47 #2 (Summer, 1997) 272-274.
"In the Literature," American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and
Medicine, 96, #2, (Spring, 1997) 78.
"In the Literature," American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and
Medicine, 97, #1, (Fall, 1997) 106.
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Book note on Bringsjord, Selmer, Abortion: A Dialogue in Ethics 109 (October, 1998) 223-
224.
Editor: Jim Seaver: A Tribute (Lawrence, KS: KU Printing Service, 1998).
"Some Perspectives on Jim Seaver," in Don Marquis (ed.) Jim Seaver: A Tribute (Lawrence,
KS: KU Printing Service, 1998) 51-53.
“Gender and Euthanasia,” (letter) Hastings Center Report 30 (July-August, 2000) #4, 4.
Book note on Wildes, Kevin Wm. and Mitchell, Alan C., eds. Choosing Life: A Dialogue on
“Evangelium Vitae. Ethics 110 (July, 2000) 888.
“Culture of Death,” (letter) Hastings Center Report 32 (September-October 2002) #5 5.
Review of Jeff McMahan, The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life. Ethics 113
(January 2003) #2 437-440.
Papers Read to Professional Groups
Regional and National
"Historical Explanation: A Reconsideration of the New Popper-Hempel Theory," Southwestern
Philosophical Society, Houston, Texas, November, 1972.
"Infanticide and Public Policy," World Congress for Social Philosophy and Philosophy of Law, St. Louis,
August, 1975.
"Methodological Individualism Revisited," Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, Western State
College, Gunnison, Colorado, September, 1975.
"In Defense of Sir Arthur Eddington," Southwestern Philosophical Society, San Antonio, Texas,
November 6-8, 1975.
"Ethics and the Elderly," Conference on the research project "Human Values and Aging," New York,
October 15, 1976.
"The Definition of Death," The Kansas City Area Philosophy Teachers Association, Baker University,
Baldwin, Kansas, November 20, 1976.
"Reply to Mandt," Tri-University Philosophy Conference, Lawrence, Kansas , March 16, 1977.
"Some Difficulties with Double Effect," Southwestern Philosophical Society, Texas A and M, College
Station, Texas, November 3-5, 1977.
"The Ethics of Deceiving the Dying." Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, The University of
Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, October 12-14, 1978.
"The Case Against Active Voluntary Euthanasia," Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, The
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, October 2-4, 1980.
"A Problem in the Ethics of Randomized Clinical Trials," Iowa State Philosophy Department
Colloquium, Ames, Iowa, April 5, 1982.
"The Body Transfer Argument," American Philosophical Association, Western Division, Chicago,
Illinois, April 28-30, 1983.
"How Should the Pro-Life Position on Abortion Be Defended?" Human Life and Health Care Ethics
Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 7-9, 1983.
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"Two Strategies for Ruling Out Infanticide," Southwestern Philosophical Society, Baylor University,
Waco, Texas, November 15-17, 1984.
"The Ethics of Prerandomization in Clinical Trials," Second Hannah Conference, Moral Priorities in
Medical Research, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, November 1-3, 1984.
"Democracy, Judicial Supremacy, and Roe v. Wade," Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, The
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, October 3-5, 1985.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Kansas Philosophical Society, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas,
February 7, 1987.
"Putting a Patient on a Study to Get an Experimental Drug" (with Ron Stephens) American Society of
Law and Medicine, Boston, MA, October 28, 1988.
"The Role of Applied Ethics in Philosophy," Presidential Address, Southwestern Philosophical Society,
Memphis, Tennessee, November 17, 1989.
"Nancy Cruzan and the Patient-Centered Paradigm," Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, Edmond,
Oklahoma, September 27-29, 1990 and Kansas City Area Teachers of Philosophy, Kansas City Kansas
Community College, October 20, 1990.
"What is Double Effect?" Southwestern Philosophical Society, College Station, Texas, November 9,
1990.
"Women, Their Children-To-Be, and the Obligation Not To Harm," Kansas Philosophical Society,
Manhattan, KS, February 8, 1992 and Central States Philosophy Conference, Lawrence, KS, October 17,
1992.
"The Contraception Objection to an Anti-Abortion Argument," Southwestern Philosophical Society,
Columbia, Missouri, November 5-7, 1992.
"Comment on Paske," Kansas Philosophical Society, Lawrence, Kansas, February 13, 1993.
"Suggestive and Compelling Evidence: Some Issues in the Ethics of Randomized Clinical Trials: Grand
Rounds, University of Nebraska Medical Center at Omaha, March 30, 1993 (with Ron Stephens).
"Remarks on an Ethic of Voice" Southwestern Philosophical Society, New Orleans, November 11, 1993.
"Reply to Shirley," Southwestern Philosophical Society, San Antonio, November 5, 1994.
"The Many Faces of Deception in the Lumpectomy Study" State University of New York at Buffalo,
March 23, 1995.
"Women, Their Children-To-Be, and the Obligation Not to Harm" State University of New York at
Buffalo, March 24, 1995.
"Eudaimonism and Justice: A Comment on Nelson," Southwestern Philosophical Society, Austin, Texas,
November, 1995.
"Can Nonsentient Fetuses Have Interests?" Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, Stillwater, OK.
September 27, 1996.
"The Contraception Problem," Central States Philosophy Conference, Kansas City, MO, October 11-12,
1996.
"A Moral Argument for Theism," (comment) Southwestern Philosophical Society, Kansas City, MO,
November 1-2, 1996.
"The Contraception Problem," American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meetings, Atlanta,
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Georgia, December 28-30, 1996.
"Comment on Soles," Kansas Philosophical Society, Lawrence, Kansas, February 8, 1997.
"An Argument Against Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide," American Philosophical
Association, Pacific Division Meetings, Berkeley, CA, March 29, 1997.
"Death and Dualism," American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Pittsburgh, PA, April 26,
1997.
"Reply to Sinnott-Armstrong," American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Pittsburgh, PA,
April 26, 1997.
"Reply to Hatcher," Kansas Philosophical Society, Wichita, KS, February 7, 1998.
"Two Ethical Issues Concerning Randomized Clinical Trials," Center for Ethics and Humanities,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, March 27, 1998.
"The Weakness of the Arguments for Legalizing Physician-Assisted Suicide," Philosophy Department,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, March 27, 1998.
"Can Nonsentient Fetuses Have Interests?" American Philosophical Association, Central Division,
Chicago, May 9, 1998.
"Reply to Norcross" Southwestern Philosophical Society, Tulsa, Oklahoma, October 24, 1998.
"Can the Doctrine of Double Effect Shed Light on the Physician-Assisted Suicide Controversy?"
American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Berkeley, CA, April 2, 1999.
"What's Wrong with Adultery?" Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, Colorado State University,
Fort Collins, CO, October 15, 1999.
"What's Wrong with Adultery?" American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, Albuquerque, N.
M. April 6, 2000.
"Fetuses, Mental States and the Right to Life," Keynote address at Midwest Undergraduate Philosophy
Conference, Creighton University, April 15, 2000.
"Double Effect, Jonathan Bennett, and the Problem of Closeness" American Philosophical Association,
Eastern Division, New York City, December 28, 2000.
‘Comment on Draper’s “Compassion and the Mere Addition Paradox”’ Kansas Philosophical Society,
Lawrence, Kansas, February 17, 2001.
“Does Metaphysics have Implications for the Morality of Abortion?” Southwest Philosophical Society,
Dallas, Texas, November 3, 2001.
‘Comment on Mark Price’s “Mercy and Autonomy: The Failure of the Justification of Euthanasia”’
Kansas Philosophical Society, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, February 15, 2003.
“Abortion and the Beginning and End of Human Life,” The Thomas A. Pitts Memorial Lectureship in
Medical Ethics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, September 10, 2004.
“Boonin’s Objections to the Future of Value Argument,” Mountain-Plains Philosophy Conference, Fort
Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, October 14-16, 2004.
“Wilson’s Objections to the Future of Value Argument,” Kansas Philosophical Society, Wichita State
University, Wichita, Kansas, February 18, 2006.
“Abortion and Infanticide: A Critique of Peter Singer’s Views” Ira W. DeCamp Bioethics Seminar,
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Princeton University, March 29, 2006.
“Comment on Cederblom,” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, San Francisco, April
5, 2007.
“Abortion and Human Nature,” Center for Human Values Forum, Princeton University, October 8, 2007.
“Abortion and Human Nature,” Graduate Center, City University of New York, October 10, 2007.
“Abortion and Human Nature,” University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, January 25, 2008.
“Abortion and Human Nature,” The College of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey, April 8, 2008.
Scheduled:
“Four Perspectives on Abortion Ethics,” Bryn Mawr, March 18, 2009.
“Gert on Abortion,” Conference to honor Professor Bernard Gert, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H,
April 4, 2009.
“Mental Essentialism and the Definition of Death,” American Philosophical Association, Pacific
Division, Vancouver, British Columbia, April, 2009.
“Personal Identity and Abortion,” A keynote address at the Rocky Mountain Ethics Conference,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, August 6, 2009.
Local
"The Problem of Relevant Conditions," Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium, November, 1974.
"Infanticide and Public Policy," Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium, July, 1975.
"Comment on Cole's Causes and Explanation'," Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium, September,
1975.
"The Definition of Death," History and Philosophy of Science Committee, September, 1976.
"Does Being Male Disqualify One from Teaching the Philosophy of Feminism?" Philosophy Department
Faculty Colloquium, August, 1980.
"An Ethical Problem in Anti-Cancer Drug Research," K.U. Mellon Faculty Seminar, Spring, 1981,
KUMC Oncology Noon Conference, Spring, 1981 and History and Philosophy of Science Committee,
Spring, 1981.
"The Body Transfer Argument," Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium, September 22, 1982.
"Will My Death Be My Misfortune?" Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium, September, 1983.
"Two Strategies for Ruling Out Infanticide," Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium, September,
1984.
"Rationing Health Care: Some Moral Considerations," Kansas Committee for the Humanities
Conference, "Humanities and the Future: 1984-2001" October 12-13, 1984, Lawrence, Kansas.
"Is Death an Evil?" K. U. Mellon Faculty Seminar, January 20, 1985.
"An Argument that Prerandomization is Unethical," Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium, March
26, 1986 and History and Philosophy of Science Committee Colloquium, April 2, 1986.
"A Solution to the Problem of Abortion," Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium, October 15, 1986.
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"The Definition of Death: Why the Present Consensus is Wrong," Philosophy Department Faculty
Colloquium, June, 1987.
"Equipoise and the Ethics of Randomization" Ethics Journal Club, KU Medical Center, February 6, 1989
and History and Philosophy of Science Committee, March 7, 1989.
"Nancy Cruzan and the Patient-Centered Paradigm," Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium,
October 17, 1990.
"Three Versions of Double Effect," Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium, March 6, 1991.
"Kant, Confidentiality and the Tarasoff Case," Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium, May 20,
1992.
"Women, Their Children-to-be and The Obligation Not to Harm," Philosophy Department Faculty
Colloquium, November 18, 1992.
"Is There a Right to Medical Care?" The Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy Spring Symposium
"National Health Care: Monitoring the Pulse of a Nation in Need," February 26, 1993. Lawrence,
Kansas.
"Is There a Right to Health Care?" Lawrence Bioethics Society, June, 1993.
"The Many Faces of Deception in the Lumpectomy Study," Lawrence Bioethics Society, September 19,
1994; KUMC Ethics Club, September 27, 1994; and Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium,
October 12, 1994.
"The Definition of Death: Why the Consensus is Wrong," Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium,
January 24, 1996.
"The Contraception Problem," Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium, September 18, 1996.
"The Weakness of the Case for Legalizing Physician Assisted Suicide," Philosophy Department Faculty
Colloquium, October, 1, 1997.
"Absolutism and Confidentiality," Fall 1997 Hall Center for the Humanities Faculty Seminar on
Professions and Professional Ethics, October 16, 1997.
"Can the Doctrine of Double Effect Shed Light on the Physician-Assisted Suicide Controversy?"
Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium, March 18, 1999, and KUMC Ethics Club, March 23, 1999.
"Physician-Assisted Suicide and an Ethic of Care," History and Philosophy of Medicine noon conference,
KUMC, April 5, 2000.
"Double Effect, Jonathan Bennett, and the Problem of Closeness," Philosophy Department Faculty
Colloquium, September 20, 2000.
“Deprivations, Futures and the Wrongness of Killing,” Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium,
September 19, 2001.
“What’s Wrong with Adultery?” Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium, October 8, 2003.
“Savulescu’s Objections to the Future of Value Argument” History and Philosophy of Medicine noon
conference, KUMC, May 27, 2004.
“Abortion Revisited,” Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium, Dec. 1, 2004.
“The Moral-Principle Objection to Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research,” Philosophy Department
Faculty Colloquium, October 2006.
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“Epicurus and Death,” Philosophy Department Faculty Colloquium, October, 2008.
TEACHING
Courses Recently Taught and in Current Repertoire
Awards
*Philosophy 504: Philosophy of Sex and Love
*Philosophy 677: Medical Ethics: Professional Responsibilities
*Philosophy 676: Medical Ethics: Life and Death Issues
Philosophy 670: Contemporary Ethical Theory
Philosophy 672: History of Ethics
Philosophy 160: Ethics and Moral Problems
Philosophy 886: Topics in Applied Ethics, Abortion
HOPE Award nominee, 1978, 1980
Mortar Board Outstanding Educator Award, 1997
Philosophy Department Nominee: Teacher Appreciation Banquet, May 4, 1998.
Finalist, Del Shankel Teaching Excellence Award, 1999
Doctoral Dissertation Chairman
Donald Hatcher The Philosophical Foundations of Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex (1983)
Masters Thesis Chairman
William Hatke Inner Processes and Outward Criteria: A Study of the Meaning of Raw Feels
Predicates (1974)
Jack Horner The Thomistic Refinement of the Aristotelian Theory of Truth (1976)
Paul Reitemeier Ramsey on Withholding Medical Care: Beneficence is the Answer,
Benevolence Assumed (1984)
Undergraduate Honors Essay Chairman
Matt Ebert "Patient Refusal of Nutrition and Hydration: The Best Alternative for a Final
Choice" (1995)
Kyle Krehbiel "Thoughts on the Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide" (1998) (Biology)
Mindie Miller "The Ethics of Confidentiality: Professional Duties and the Uncooperative HIV-
Infected Client" (1999)
Dennis Hermreck “The Doctrine of Double Effect” (2001)
Daniel Hansen “Why the Libertarians are Wrong” (2003)
Jamie Basham “Kant’s Sexual Ethics” (2003)
Valerye M. Milleson “Hate Speech and Its Justifiable Restriction” (2006)
Faculty Sponsor, Undergraduate Summer Research Award
1. Jennifer Walker, The Rights of the Mentally Ill (1995)
2. Kyle Krehbiel, Physician-Assisted Suicide (1997)
Lectures, Classroom Presentations, and Panels and Interviews
Presentations to Groups
“Ethical Issues in Death and Dying," in Manhattan, Topeka, Dodge, City, Garden City, Kansas City,
Kansas and Pittsburg in series "Ethical Issues in Death and Dying" sponsored by Kansas State Nurses
Association under a grant from KCH. December, 1980 and January, 1981.
"Is Love Rational?" Baker University, Spring, 1981.
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"Our Moral Obligations to the Aged and Dying," Unitarian Fellowship, January 17, 1982.
"Mercy Killing," Medicine and Religion Symposium, KUMC, October 27, 1982.
"Will My Death Be My Misfortune?" Undergraduate Philosophy Club, K.U., October 25, 1983.
"The Ethics of Organ Transplantation," UMKC School of Nursing, February 21, 1985.
"Difficult Decisions in a World of High Medical Tech: How Do We Decide?" St. Michael and All
Angels Episcopal Church, Mission, Kansas, October 5 and 18, November 1 and 15, 1986.
"Fiduciary Responsibility and Divestment," Undergraduate Philosophy Club Forum, October 15, 1986.
"Ethical Issues in Randomized Clinical Trials," Department of Microbiology, February 5, 1987.
"Economics and Ethics of AIDS," Medicine and Religion Symposium, KUMC, October 20-21, 1987.
"The Case for Selective Admissions at K.U.," University Council, K.U., October, 1987.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Baker University, March 16, 1988.
"Foregoing Life-Saving Medical Treatment," Kansas Medical Society, Alameda Plaza, Kansas City,
Missouri, April 30, 1988.
"A Faculty Perspective on Free Speech and Academic Freedom," University Forum, September 21, 1988.
"The Right to Privacy," University Forum. February 7, 1990.
"Definitions of Death," Midwest Bioethics Center Lunch and Learn Conference, Kansas City, Missouri,
August 20, 1990.
"The Living Will and the Right to Die," University Forum, September 12, 1990.
"Euthanasia: Clarification of Terms," Euthanasia Workshop, Midwest Bioethics Center, Kansas City,
Missouri, September 13, 1990.
"Living Wills and The Right to Die," Lutheran Campus Sunday Supper Group, September 23, 1990.
"Ethical and Legal Aspects of the Cruzan Case," Unitarian Fellowship, January 13, 1991.
"Ethics of Abortion," Undergraduate Philosophy Club, February 25, 1991.
"The Right to Die," Catholic Science Student Group, St. Lawrence Catholic Center, April 13, 1991.
"The Abortion Debate: A Closer Look," Kansas League of Women Voters State Convention, Wichita,
KS, April 20, 1991.
"The Abortion Debate: A Closer Look," Emporia Philosophy Club, June 17, 1991.
"Pulling the Plug: Moral Dilemmas and Medical Technology," WITS: Women in Transitional Stages,
Winfield, Kansas, March 21, 1992.
"Pulling the Plug: Moral Dilemmas and Medical Technology," Retired Senior Volunteer Program,
Marysville, KS, March 31, 1992.
"The Abortion Debate: A Closer Look," Baker University, April 9, 1992.
"Abortion Debate," (with Bonnie Steinbock) Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, October 27, 1992.
"Pulling the Plug: Moral Dilemmas and Medical Technology," North Central Association, United
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Church of Christ, Alma, Kansas, November 1, 1992.
"Pulling the Plug: Moral Dilemmas and Medical Technology," Providence-St. Margaret Health Center,
Kansas City, December 2, 1992.
"Maternal-Fetal Conflict," KU Bioethics Club, Kansas Union, March 11, 1993.
"Medical Futility" Kansas Medical Society/Kansas Bar Association Symposium on Bioethics, Topeka,
Kansas, September 17, 1993.
"The Case of Diane" Presbyterian Church Adult Discussion Group, Lawrence, Kansas, October 17, 1993.
"Is Abortion Immoral?"Discussion with Professor Shafer-Landau, Undergraduate Philosophy Club,
November 1, 1993.
"Pulling the Plug: Moral Dilemmas and Medical Technology," United Methodist Men and Women,
Lawrence, Kansas, November 22, 1993.
"Pulling the Plug: Moral Dilemmas and Medical Technology" Spring Conference of the Kansas
Healthcare Information Systems Society, May 13, 1994. Lawrence, Kansas.
"The Ethics of Medical Research" KU Bioethics Club, October 25, 1994.
"Should Mickey Mantle Have Received a Liver Transplant?" KU Bioethics Club, March 14, 1996.
"What's Behind the Screen?: Screening for Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer," in Hall Center Seminar
on Rationality and Public Policy, April 23, 1996.
"Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legalized?" Pre-Med Club, October 9, 1996.
"Why Do We Have Required Courses for the Undergraduate Major?" Undergraduate Philosophy Club,
November 4, 1996.
"Why the American Health Care System is a Mess," KU Bioethics Club and Merit Scholars Development
Program, November 14, 1996.
"Health Care Reform," Pre-Med Club, February 13, 1997.
"Ethics of Genetic Engineering," Biology Club, February 19, 1997.
"An Argument Against the Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide," Central Missouri State,
Warrensburg, MO, April 3, 1997.
"The Weakness of the Case for Legalizing Physician Assisted Suicide," KU Pre-Med Club, October 20,
1997.
"A 14 Year Old Jehovah's Witness Refuses a Blood Transfusion" KU Bioethics Club, October 21, 1997.
"Abortion Debate" (with Ann Cudd) KU Bioethics Club, February 11, 1998.
"Abortion Debate" (with Bonnie Steinbock) John Carroll University, Cleveland Ohio, February 16, 1998.
"Advance Directives" Olathe Medical Center, June 19, 1998.
"Should Physician-Assisted Suicide be Legalized?" 1999 Statewide Premed Conference, KU, March 6,
1999.
"Should Physician-Assisted Suicide be Legalized?" University Forum, April 7, 1999.
"Pornography: A Panel Discussion" University Forum, September 22, 1999.
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"Why Abortion is Immoral," Undergraduate Philosophy Club, March 6, 2000.
"Difficult Issues Concerning Bioethics and Aging" Gerontology Faculty Colloquium , May 4, 2000.
“Should Physician-Assisted Suicide be Legalized?” KU Medical Ethics Club, February 26, 2001.
“The Ethics of Abortion,” KU Association for Skepticism and Inquiry, March 4, 2001.
“Why the American Health Care System is a Mess,” KU Medical Ethics Club, September 17, 2001.
“Should We Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide?” Roanoke Presbyterian Church, Kansas City,
Missouri, February 6, 2002.
“Some Ethical Issues Concerning Medical Research,” KU Medical Ethics Club, March 11, 2002
“Does an Adolescent Jehovah’s Witness Have the Right to Refuse Life-Saving Care?” KU Medical
Ethics Club, April 17, 2002.
“Ethical Theory” Professor DeGeorge’s Seminar on International Business Ethics June 17-18, 2002.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” KUMC Students for Life, KUMC, November 5, 2002.
“Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Why This Issue is So Difficult,” Shawnee Mission Medical Center,
Shawnee Mission, KS, March 11, 2003.
“Refusal of Treatment for a Handicapped Newborn,” KU Medical Ethics Club, April 28, 2003.
“Basic Ethics in the Medical Field,” KU Medical Ethics Club, October 1, 2003.
“The Schiavo Case,” KU Medical Ethics Club, February 16, 2004.
“Why the American Health Care System is a Mess,” KU Medical Students Medical Ethics Club, April 6,
2004.
“Savulescu’s Objections to the Future-of-Value Argument,” History and Philosophy of Medicine Noon
Symposium, KUMC, May 27, 2004.
“American Health Care Policy,” KU Medical Ethics Club, October 18, 2004.
“What are our Obligations to Research Subjects?” with Jerry Menikoff, Responsible Conduct of Research
Awareness Week, KUMC, March 1, 2005.
“Ethical Issues in Medical Research,” Men’s Group, Shawnee United Methodist Church, Shawnee
Kansas, March 15, 2005.
“The Right to Live; the Right to Die” Combined Grand Rounds, Kansas Medical Education Foundation,
Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka, Kansas, April 9, 2005.
“The Right to Live; the Right to Die” Geriatric Interest Group, KUMC, November 15, 2005.
“The Moral Dilemmas of Medical Research: A Case Study of Treatment of Ovarian Cancer,” with Jerry
Menikoff, Responsible Conduct of Research Awareness Week, KUMC, March 7, 2006.
“Why the American Health Care System is a Mess and What to do about It,” Students for a National
Health Care Plan, KUMC, April 11, 2006.
“Moral Issues in Clinical Cancer Research,” with Jerry Menikoff, Responsible Conduct of Research
Awareness Week, KU Edwards Campus, March 7, 2007.
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“Is Abortion Seriously Immoral?” (with Professor Richard Hanley) Great Debate Series, University of
Delaware, October 23, 2007.
“Four Perspectives on Abortion Ethics,” 2007-2008 Philosophy Colloquium Series, University of Maine,
November 1, 2007.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Undergraduate Human Values Forum, Princeton University, February 25,
2008.
“The Schiavo Case,” Undergraduate Bioethics Forum, Princeton University, February 26, 2008.
Classroom Presentations
"Euthanasia" to Professor Stanley Sterling's class SW 750, Death and Dying, Summer, 1980.
"Euthanasia" to Professor Richard De George's NEH Interprofessional Seminar, Summer, 1980.
"Feinberg on Abortion" to Professor Rex Martin's Philosophy 160, Ethics and Moral Problems class, Fall,
1980.
"Ethics of Research," in Professor Richard De George's NEH Summer Professional Ethics Seminar,
Summer, 1981.
"Auditing Ethics" to Professor Howard Stettler's Bus 852. Advanced Auditing, November 19, 1981.
"Some Techniques of Ethical Analysis of Problems in Journalism Ethics," in Professor Del Brinkman and
Suzanne Shaw's Journalism 657 class, February 4, 1982.
"Euthanasia" to Professor Stanley Sterling's SW 750, Death and Dying, Summer, 1982.
"Auditing Ethics," to Professor Howard Stettler's Business 852, Advanced Auditing class, November 30,
1982.
"Ethical Issues in Death and Dying," to Professor Margaret Miles' NRSG 848, Care of the Bereaved and
Dying Throughout the Life Span, November 14, 1983.
"Engineering Ethics," to Professor Hector Clark's ME 428, Introduction to Mechanical Design, April 19,
1984.
"Medical Confidentiality," in K.U. Medical Center Course, Case Studies in Medical Ethics, April 12,
1985.
Member of Faculty in Exxon Summer Institute on Ethics for Business School Faculty, Summer, 1985.
"Ethics in Broadcast Journalism" in Professor George Rassmussen's JOUR 790 class, February 11, 1986.
"Confidentiality," Medical Ethics class, KUMC, March 22, 1986.
"Truth-telling," Medical Ethics class, KUMC, April 12, 1986.
Talks to Neonatology residents concerning nontreatment decisions regarding newborns, February, 1988.
"The Ethics of Medical Research," Respiratory Therapy 450, KUMC, March 25, 1988.
"Medical Ethics," talk in Richard De George's Applied Ethics seminar, March 28, 1988.
"Abortion," Professor Del Shankel's freshman honors seminar, April 6, 1988.
"Ethical Issues in Human Subjects Research," Professor Bartholome's Medical Ethics class, KUMC,
April 16, 1988.
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"Ethical Issues in Human Subjects Research," Professor Mary Michaelis' Pharmacology and Toxicology
Seminar, April 28, 1988.
"Medical Confidentiality and AIDS," Professor David Paretsky's freshman honors seminar, September
22, 1988.
"Academic Freedom and the KKK" Professor Betty Banks’ freshman honors seminar, October 26, 1988.
"Moral and Ethical Issues Created by Catastrophic Illness in Infants and the Aged." Humanities 510:
The Crisis in Health Care: A Social Catastrophe in the Making," April 4 and April 11, 1989.
"Abortion," in Professor Mike Young's ethics class in K.U. Summer Honors Institute, June 23, 1989.
"Ethical Frameworks," in Professor Marilyn Taylor's BUS 995: Strategic Planning and Forecasting, June
27, 1989.
"Medical Confidentiality" in Professor Bartholome's Medical Ethics Class, KUMC, October 8, 1989.
"Abortion," in Professor Rex Martin's Phil 160: Introduction to Ethics, November 9, 1989.
"Ethics and Science," in Roma Earle's Gifted Learning class, South Junior High, January 12, 1990.
"Organ Donation from Anencephalic Newborns," Professor Del Shankel's freshman honors seminar,
March 7, 1990
"Some Ethical Issues in Research with Human Subjects," Professor Richard Tessel's Pharmacology and
Toxicology 650, Biostatistics and Research Design, April 24 and April 26, 1990.
"What is Ethics and Where Does It Come From?" Professor Clay Belcher's Introduction to Architectural
Engineering, ARCE 103, October 9, 1990.
"Abortion," in Professor Michael Gaines' Biology 420, Biomedical Ethics, October 23, 1990.
"Some Ethical Issues in Research with Human Subjects," Professor Richard Tessel's Pharmacology and
Toxicology 650, Biostatistics and Research Design, April 30 and May 2, 1991.
"Mill's Utilitarianism," Professor James Muysken's Philosophy 672: History of Ethics class, November 7,
1991.
"Some Ethical Issues in Medical Research with Human Subjects," Professor Del Shankel's freshman
honors seminar, February 25, 1992.
"Medical Ethics," Professor Richard De George's Philosophy 886 Topics in Applied Ethics seminar,
March 30, 1992.
"Medical Ethics," Professor Steven Fawcett's HDFL Applied Research Proseminar, April 6, 1992.
"Some Ethical Issues in Research with Human Subjects," Professor Richard Tessel's Pharmacology and
Toxicology 650, Biostatistics and Research Design, April 28 and 30, 1992.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Professor Russell Jacobs Philosophy 214, Medical Ethics, Washburn
University, July 23, 1992.
"The Definition of Death," Professor Rick Kaufman's Medical Ethics class, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New
York, October 28, 1992.
"The Doctrine of Double Effect," Professor Russell Shafer-Landau's Philosophy 670, Contemporary
Ethical Theory, March 12, 1993.
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"Philosophical Aspects of Health Care Rationing," in Professor Barbara Showen, Harold Orel, and Jack
Davidson's, Humanities 510, Science, Technology, and Society, April 13, 1993.
"Some Ethical Issues in Research with Human Subjects," Professor Richard Tessel's Pharmacology and
Toxicology 650, Biostatistics and Research Design, April 27 and 29, 1993.
"The Nature of Ethics," Professor Richard Schowen's PHCH 801, Issues in Scientific Integrity, August
26, 1993.
"The Ethics of Abortion," in Professor Del Shankel's freshman honors seminar, October 27, 1993.
"Ethical Issues Surrounding Advance Directives," HDFL Proseminar, December 3, 1993.
"Some Ethical Issues in Research with Human Subjects" Professor Richard Tessel's Pharmacology and
Toxicology 650, Biostatistics and Research Design, April 28 and May 3, 1994.
Discussion of my abortion paper with Introduction to Ethics classes, November 2, 1994 (twice) and
November 10, 1994.
"Abortion" in Professor Jim Muysken's Philosophy 161, Introduction to Ethics Honors class, November
22, 1994.
"The Many Faces of Deception in the Lumpectomy Study" in Professor Barbara Schowen, Harold Orel,
and Jack Davidson's, Humanities 510, Science, Technology, and Society, February 28, 1995.
"Abortion" in Stephen Mathis' Philosophy 160 classes, Sanghyuk Park's Philosophy 160 classes and
Professor Russ Shafer-Landau Philosophy 161 class, Spring Semester, 1995.
"Some Ethical Issues in Research with Human Subjects" Professor Richard Tessel's Pharmacology and
Toxicology 650. Biostatistics and Research Design, April 20 and 25, 1995.
"Abortion" Stephen Mathis' Philosophy 160 class, summer term, 1995.
"The Nature of Ethics" Professor R. L. Schowen and J. H. Reytting's Pharmacology 801, Issues in
Scientific Integrity, August 24, 1995.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Stephen Mathis' Philosophy 160 classes, October 19, 1995.
"Ethical Issues in Medical Research," Professor Russ Shafer-Landau's Freshman Honors Tutorial,
October 30, 1995.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Jeanna Moyer's Philosophy 160 classes, December 1, 1995.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Stephen Mathis's Philosophy 160 classes, March 20, 1996.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Professor Russell Shafer-Landau's Philosophy 160 class, July 17, 1996.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Richard Buck's Philosophy 160 classes, November 12 and November 13,
1996.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Dawn Jakubowski's Philosophy 160 classes, November 14, 1996.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Jeanna Moyer's Philosophy 160 classes, December 6, 1996.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Dawn Jakubowski's Philosophy 160 classes, April 15, 1997.
"The Nature of Ethics," Professor R. L. Schowen's PHCH/MDCM/P&TX 801, Issues in Scientific
Integrity class, August 21, 1997.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Richard Buck's Philosophy 160 classes, October 27, 1997.
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"Medical Ethics," Greg Frost's group of minority students going to medical school next year, November
17, 1997.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Martin Henn's Philosophy 148 classes, November 18, 1997.
"Prerandomized Clinical Trials," Professor Paul Thomson's Technology and Ethics class, John Carroll
University, Cleveland, Ohio, February 17, 1998.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Martin Henn's Philosophy 148 classes, April 16, 1998.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Leigh Geis's gifted learning class, West Junior High School, May 5, 1998.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Martin Henn's Philosophy 148 class, October 21, 1998.
"Medical Ethics" Greg Frost's group of minority students going to medical school next year, October 26,
1998.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Professor Russell Shafer-Landau's Philosophy 161 class, October 27, 1998.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Richard Buck's Philosophy 160 class, November 4, 1998.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Martin Henn's Philosophy 148 class, November 13, 1998.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Richard Buck's Philosophy 160 class, May 3, 1999.
"Physician-Assisted Suicide," KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 5, 2000.
"Medical Research Ethics," KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 12, 2000.
"The Definition of Death," KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 19, 2000.
"Four Perspectives on Abortion," KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 26, 2000.
"Why Abortion is Immoral," Russell Shafer-Landau's Philosophy 160 class, June 28, 2000.
“Medical Ethics” Kelly Johnson’s Undergraduate Research Students on NSF grant, Summer, 2000.
“Physician-Assisted Suicide and an Ethic of Care,” Professor Leonie Pallikkathayll’s History and
Philosophy of Nursing Seminar, KUMC, Summer, 2000.
"Physician-Assisted Suicide," KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 3, 2001.
"The Definition of Death," KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 10, 2001.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Russell Shafer-Landau’s Philosophy 160 class, April 24, 2001.
“Ethical Issues Relating to the Human Genome Project,” Tom Sloan’s Public Administration 831
practicum, Topeka, May 10, 2001.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Russell Shafer-Landau’s Philosophy 160 class, December 6, 2001.
“Physician-Assisted Suicide,” KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 7, 2002.
“The Definition of Death,” KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 9, 2002.
“Ethical Issues in Biotechnology,” in Professors Phil Baringer’s, Mohamed El-Hodiri’s and Barbara
Schowen’s HWC 510: Science, Technology and Society, February 19 and 26, 2002.
“Abortion,” Teresa Robertson’s Philosophy 141 class, March 26, 2002.
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“Abortion,” Rex Martin’s Philosophy 161 class, April 23, 2002.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Russell Shafer-Landau’s Philosophy 160 class, May 7, 2002.
“Should Physician-Assisted Suicide be Legalized?” Professor Leonie Pallikkathayil’s History and
Philosophy of Nursing Seminar, KUMC, July 11, 2002
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Russell Jacob’s Philosophy 214 class, (Washburn University) October 15,
2002.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Rex Martin’s Philosophy 161 class, November 22, 2002.
“Physician-Assisted Suicide,” KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 8, 2003.
“The Definition of Death,” KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 15, 2003.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Thomas Tuozzo’s Philosophy 160 class, March 12, 2003.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Teresa Robertson’s Philosophy 140 class, October 21, 2003.
“Ethics and Medicine,” Paul Crosby’s and Larry Draper’s freshman tutorial on ethics and science,
November 24, 2003.
“Physician-Assisted Suicide,” KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 7, 2004.
“The Definition of Death,” KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 14, 2004.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Ben Eggleston’s Philosophy 160 class, April 28, 2004.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Ben Eggleston’s Philosophy 160 class, November 23, 2004
“American Health Care Policy,” Paul Crosby’s and Larry Draper’s freshman tutorial on ethics and
science, December 1, 2004.
“The Definition of Death,” KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 12, 2005.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Nathan Roser’s Philosophy 160 classes, April 18, 2005.
“Physician-Assisted Suicide,” KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 4, 2006.
“The Definition of Death,” KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 11, 2006.
“Abortion” Professor Philip Pettit’s and Stephen Macedo’s Ethics and Public Policy class, Princeton
University, March 30, 2006.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Shane Schauf’s Philosophy 160 classes, November 10, 2006.
“Physician-Assisted Suicide,: KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 10, 2007.
“The Definition of Death,” KUMC sophomore medical ethics class, January 17, 2007.
“The Schiavo case” KU Undergraduate Medical Ethics club, May 1, 2007.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Professor Peter Singer’s Practical Ethics class, Princeton University,
October 15, 2007.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Richard Hanley’s Contemporary Moral Issues class, University of
Delaware, October 24, 2007.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Professors Elizabeth Harman’s and Adam Elga’s Ethical Issues in
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Reproduction class, Princeton University, November 7, 2007.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Derek Boyd’s Philosophy 163: Practical Ethics class. University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, January 24, 2008.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Ben Bramble’s Philosophy 165: Bioethics class. University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, January 24, 2008.
“Rights,” Andrew Courtwright’s Philosophy 165: Bioethics class. University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, January 24, 2008.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Anabell Zagura’s Philosophy 163: Practical Ethics class. University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, January 25, 2008.
“Why Abortion is Immoral,” Rebecca Walker’s Philosophy 165: Bioethics class. University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, January 25, 2008.
“Abortion,” Stephen Macedo’s Ethics and Public Policy class, Princeton University, April 10, 2008.
“Four Perspectives on Abortion Ethics” Professor Ryan Nichols’ Philosophy 160 class, November 10,
2008.
Panels and Interviews
"The Nature of Medical Ethics" and "Ethical Issues Concerning Phase I Drug Research," in Clinical
Oncology Noon Conferences, Spring, 1980.
"Euthanasia" to ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Noon Conference under KCH Humanist in
Residence grant, Spring, 1981.
"The Right to Die" to KUMC Clinical Process Plenary Session, Spring, 1981.
"The Right to Die," KUMC Clinical Process Plenary Session, April 21, 1982.
"The Right to Die," Panelist on Walt Bodine show, KCUR, June 4,1984.
Panelist on "Risk Regulation and Public Trust," in Humanities 510: Science, Technology and Society,
October 7, 1986.
Moderator of panel. "Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation," Midwest Bioethics Center, March 12,
1987.
Panelist. Organ and Tissue Transplantation. Walt Bodine Show. KCUR, June 2, 1987.
Interviewed on issue of obligations of health care professionals to treat patients with AIDS. Morning
Edition, KANU, June 9, 1987.
Moderator and Commentator: Catastrophic Health and Long Term Care Insurance: Pros, Cons and
Shades In-between at 8th Annual Conference of Central States Coalition on Aging, August 30-September
1, 1987, Kansas City, Missouri.
"AIDS," Morning Edition, KANU, April 1, 1988.
"Rationing Health Care for the Aged," Panelist on Kansas City Illustrated, Channel 19, June 22 and 26,
1988.
"A Dialogue on Free Speech," Panel discussion with Judith Ramaley and Barbara Ballard, University
Forum, September 28, 1988.
"Withdrawing Nutrition and Hydration" Panel discussion at Midwest Bioethics Center, Rockhurst
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College, October 20, 1988.
"The Cruzan Case" Panelist on Walt Bodine Show, KCUR, Kansas City, Missouri, October 3, 1989.
Moderator and Organizer, Minority Health: An Issue of Justice, Bioethics Symposium, KU, March 8,
1990.
"The Right to Die?" ACLU Panel Discussion on the Cruzan Case, UMKC School of Law, March 29,
1990.
Perinatal Conference, St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, June 14, 1990.
Panelist, Death and Dying Symposium, K.U. Medical Center, March 2, 1991.
Panelist, "Different Views: The Ins and Outs of Pornography" 26th Annual Women's Studies February
Sisters Commemorative Forum, February 25, 1998.
"Should Physician-Assisted Suicide be Legalized?" Radio call-in show with Doug Messey and Professor
Len Fleck, WKAR radio, East Lansing, Michigan, March 23, 1998.
Panelist on subject "Do People Make Decisions Rationally?" in Professor Barbara Schowen's, Phil
Baringer's, and Jim Carother's Humanities 810, Science, Technology, and Society class, April 14, 1998.
"Should the College Adopt a Diversity Requirement?" Rachel Robson's call in show (with Cheryl Lester)
KJHK, March 10, 1999.
Panelist at meeting of KU Students for Life, April 21, 2004.
Past Talks, Guest Lectures, Colloquia, etc.
"The Definition of Death" Paper read to Graduate Association of Students in Philosophy, May 1975.
"Aquinas' Ethics," Talk to Western Civilization Staff, Fall 1974. Participated in panel discussion on
euthanasia for the Undergraduate Philosophy Club, April 1974 with KUMC faculty. Linguistics
Colloquy, "Counterfactuals" and "More on Counterfactuals," October 1975. "Euthanasia," KLWN
Spotlight Radio Program, February 2, 1976. "Do we have a Right to Health Care?" at Donnelly College
Forum, Kansas City, Kansas, February 25, 1976. Solo appearance on KANU "The Call-In Thing": "The
Karen Quinlan Case" March 6, 1976. Presented workshop with Joe Hallowell (KUMC) "Who Shall
Survive? The Right to Live: The Choice to Die" for Kansas Committee for the Humanities, April, 1976,
Salina, Kansas. "Descartes," Talk to Western Civilization Assistant Instructors, October, 1976. "The
Dangers of Preventive Medicine," at Conference on Preventive Health Care: Individual Responsibility?
Religious Discipline? Public Policy? March 7, 1977 at The University of Kansas Union. Supported by
the Kansas Committee on the Humanities. "The Definition of Death,' Talk to Entropy, March 15, 1977,
Kansas Union. "Plato," talk to Western Civilization Assistant Instructors, September 12, 1977. Panelist
on Walt Bodine Show on KMBZ on January 3, 1979 on topic of the ethics of suicide. Panelist with
Joseph Fletcher, Sidney Callahan and Kevin O'Rourke on symposium "The Right to Live/The Right to
Die" in Kansas City, Missouri, June 16-17, 1978 supported by the Kansas Committee for the Humanities
and the Missouri Committee for the Humanities. Panelist on symposium "Mental Health Care and
Human Values: The Institutionalization of Mental Patients" with Thomas Szasz and Walter Menninger in
Lawrence, Kansas, April 28, 1978. Speaker at Kappa Alpha Theta Scholarship Dinner, April, 1979;
Panelist and Speaker in Humanities 500: Science, Technology, and Value, September 2 and 9, 1980,
"Karen Quinlan and Medical Ethics."
Present
SERVICE
Organized an afternoon panel at Princeton University on the topic “Is It Wrong to End Early Human
Life?” on May 1, 2008 with Professors Robert George, John Haldane, Elizabeth Harman, Patrick Lee,
Jeff McMahan, Peter Singer and myself.
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Referee in the past year for:
Philosophical Quarterly
Social Theory and Practice
Journal of Social Philosophy
Bioethics
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal
Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine
Oxford University Press
Philosophical Papers
Leader of KUMC Ethics Club. This group has met monthly since 1986 to discuss essays in medical
ethics.
American Philosophical Association
Faculty Sponsor, KU Medical Ethics Club
Departmental Promotion and Tenure Committees.
Philosophy Department Lecture Committee, Chair (2004
Philosophy Department Applied Ethics Committee, Chair (2006-2007)
Search Committee for Bioethics position.
Recent Service
Regional
Kansas Committee for the Humanities Speakers Bureau (1991-1993)
Testified on Senate Bill No. 350 to Joint Committee on Judiciary Kansas Legislature. July 24, 1991,
Topeka, Kansas.
Moderator and Organizer. Howard Hughes Symposium on Maternal/Fetal Rights. KU, September 19,
1991.
Moderator. Kansas Bar Association Symposium on the Patient Self-Determination Act. St. Francis
Hospital, Topeka, KS, September 12, 1991.
Panelist. "Theism and Atheism" on the John Boss Show, KJHK, September 24, 1991.
"Ethical Issues Relating to the Privacy of Medical Information," testimony before the Joint Interim
Legislative Committee on Information Management, Topeka, KS October 21, 1998.
Professional
Southwestern Philosophical Society (Executive Committee, 1984-85, 1986-90) (Vice-president and
program chair, 1987-1988; President, 1988-1989; Past president, Executive Committee, 1989-1990,
Nominating Committee, 1989-92)
American Philosophical Association Committee on Philosophy and Medicine (member, 1992-1995;
Chair, 1995-1998)
Organized and chaired Committee on Philosophy and Medicine session "Beyond Abortion:
Maternal-Fetal Conflict" at the Central Division meeting, American Philosophical Association,
April 1993.
Organized and chaired Committee on Philosophy and Medicine session "Physician Assisted
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Suicide and Active Euthanasia" at the Central Division meeting, American Philosophical
Association, May 1994.
Organized and chaired Committee on Philosophy and Medicine session on "Physician-Assisted
Suicide and Active Euthanasia" at Eastern Division Meetings, American Philosophical
Association, December, 1995 in New York. This session was cosponsored by the APA
Committee on Philosophy and Law.
Organized and participated in APA Central Division session sponsored by APA Committee on
Philosophy and Medicine “Recent Work on the Definition of Death,” Pittsburgh, PA, April
1997.
Organized and participated in Committee on Philosophy and Medicine session at American
Philosophical Association Pacific Division meeting March 30-April 2, 1999 in Berkeley, CA on
"Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Doctrine of Double Effect."
Kansas Philosophical Society (Executive Committee, 1981-94; Program chair, 1988, 1989, 1993)
Referee: Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 1990, 2000; Ethics, 1991, 1996; Philosophy and
Phenomenological Research, 1993; Southwestern Philosophical Society, 1993, 1994
(and other years) Central States Philosophical Association, 1992, 1993 (and other
years); NOUS, 1994; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
(1994). Journal of the American Medical Association (1998) Dialogue (1999)
Canadian Journal of Philosophy (2000)
Leader of Lawrence Bioethics Society. A group that met occasionally to discuss issues in medical ethics.
University
Ad Hoc Committee on Sabbatical Leave (1989-90); Calendar Committee (1991-92); University Council
(1992-95); Faculty Council (1992-95); Departmental Ambassador to Center for Teaching Excellence;
"Meet a Professor" Kappa Delta, August 26, 1998.
College
History and Philosophy of Science Committee (1967-present), (Chair, 1991- ); Committee on
Undergraduate Studies and Advising (1992-95); Subcommittee on Advising (1992-93); Degree
Requirements Subcommittee (1993-1995, Chair); History and Philosophy of Science Committee (Chair,
1991- ) Planning Committee for Symposium on Science and its Critics
Department
Director of Undergraduate Studies (1993-1995); Promotions and Tenure Committees A and B; Academic
Program Committee (1992-1995) (Chair, 1992-1994); Faculty Recruitment Committee (1992-93);
Supervisor of GTA sections in: Philosophy 160: Introduction to Ethics, Philosophy 375: Moral Issues in
Computer Technology, Philosophy 380: Environmental Ethics; Departmental Honors Coordinator
(1993-1995); Advisor to the Undergraduate Philosophy Club (1993-1995); Scheduling Committee
(1993-1995); Applied Ethics Committee; Robinson Essay Committee (1993-1995, Chair); Honors
Banquet Coordinator (1993-1995), Philosophy Department Nominee for the Steeples Service Award,
(1998 and 1999) Lecture Committee (Chair) 2004-2005.
Past Service
Professional
Local Arrangements Chairman for the March 5, 1977 meeting of the Kansas City Area Philosophy
Teachers Association; Local Arrangements Chairman for 40th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern
Philosophical Society in Lawrence, Kansas, November 9-11, 1978; Mountain-Plains Philosophy
Conference Executive Committee (1978-81), Chairman (1978-79); Mountain-Plains Philosophy
Conference, Executive Committee, (1983-84), Chairman (1984); Local Arrangements Chairman for
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Spring 1985 meeting at K.U. of Kansas City Area Philosophy Teachers Association .
University
Task Force II of The Graduate School (1972); Graduate School Area I Committee (1971-72); Graduate
Council (1971-72); Humanities Lecture Series Committee (1967-71); Subcommittee (of AP&P and
Calendar Commit-tee) on Use/Abuse of Final Exam Period, Chairman (1976-77); Secretary, Faculty
Senate (1977-78); Secretary, University Senate (1977-78); Secretary, Faculty Council, (1977-78);
Secretary, University Council (1977-78); Secretary, Senate Executive Committee (1977-78); Secretary,
Faculty Executive Committee (1977-78); Task Force on a University-wide Academic Coordinating
Council (1978-79); Academic Procedures and Policies Committee (1976-79); Faculty Council (1976-79);
University Council (1976-79); Faculty Executive Committee (1977-79); Senate Executive Committee
(1977-79); University Council (1982-85); Faculty Council (1982-85); FRPR (1982-83); Academic
Procedures and Policies Committee (1983-85); Graduate School Review Committee for Religious Studies
Graduate Program (1985); Advisory Committee on Human Experimentation (1982-1988); University
Council (1987-1990); Faculty Council (1987-1990); Academic Procedures and Policies Committee
(1987-1990)
College
Western Civilization Advisory Committee (1967-73) (1986-87) (1988-89); North College Scholarship
and Probation Committee (1969-71); North College Advisor (1967-75); Perspectives on Science Lecture
Committee, Chairman (1978-80); History and Philosophy of Science Committee, Chairman (1974-80)
Department
History of Philosophy Preliminary Examination Committee (1975-78); M.A. Comprehensive
Examination Committee, Chairman (1978-79); Graduate Review Committee (1978-79); Admissions and
Awards Committee for the Graduate Program (1969-77; 1978-79); Director of Graduate Studies,
(1971-72)
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