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Nohwere, Peter A. Alces, Robert M. Sapolsky
Nohwere, Peter A. Alces, Robert M. Sapolsky
William & Mary Law Review
Imagine the frustration of Samuel Butler’s protagonist, Higgs, with the strange society he encounters in Erewhon:
"Was there nothing which I could say to make them feel that the constitution of a person’s body was a thing over which he or she had had at any rate no initial control whatever, while the mind was a perfectly different thing, and capable of being created anew and directed according to the pleasure of its possessor? Could I never bring them to see that while habits of mind and character were entirely independent of initial mental force and early education, the body …
The Role Of Moral Philosophers In The Competition Between Deontological And Empirical Desert, Paul H. Robinson
The Role Of Moral Philosophers In The Competition Between Deontological And Empirical Desert, Paul H. Robinson
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Moral And Religious Convictions As Categories For Special Treatment: The Exemption Strategy, Kent Greenawalt
Moral And Religious Convictions As Categories For Special Treatment: The Exemption Strategy, Kent Greenawalt
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Morality Of Property, Thomas W. Merrill, Henry E. Smith
The Morality Of Property, Thomas W. Merrill, Henry E. Smith
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Three Reasons Why Even Good Property Rights Cause Moral Anxiety , Emily Sherwin
Three Reasons Why Even Good Property Rights Cause Moral Anxiety , Emily Sherwin
William & Mary Law Review
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The Moral Subject Of Property , Carol M. Rose
The Moral Subject Of Property , Carol M. Rose
William & Mary Law Review
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Patent First, Ask Questions Later: Morality And Biotechnology In Patent Law, Margo A. Bagley
Patent First, Ask Questions Later: Morality And Biotechnology In Patent Law, Margo A. Bagley
William & Mary Law Review
This Article explores the U.S. "patent first, ask questions later" approach to determining what subject matter should receive patent protection. Under this approach, the US. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or the Agency) issues patents on "anything under the sun made by man," and to the extent a patent's subject matter is sufficiently controversial, Congress acts retrospectively in assessing whether patents should issue on such inventions. This practice has important ramifications for morally controversial biotechnology patents specifically, and for American society generally. For many years ajudicially created "moral utility" doctrine served as a type of gatekeeper of patent subject matter …
A Strategy For Mercy, Robert L. Misner
A Strategy For Mercy, Robert L. Misner
William & Mary Law Review
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Crimes Against Autonomy: Gerald Dworkin On The Enforcement Of Morality, Lawrence C. Becker
Crimes Against Autonomy: Gerald Dworkin On The Enforcement Of Morality, Lawrence C. Becker
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Furor Over Psychotherapist-Patient Sexual Contact: New Solutions To An Old Problem, Linda Jorgenson, Rebecca Randles, Larry Strasburger
The Furor Over Psychotherapist-Patient Sexual Contact: New Solutions To An Old Problem, Linda Jorgenson, Rebecca Randles, Larry Strasburger
William & Mary Law Review
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Religious Liberty In The Welfare State, Richard A. Epstein
Religious Liberty In The Welfare State, Richard A. Epstein
William & Mary Law Review
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Threat To Religious Liberty By The Welfare State: An Illusion, Bruce Fein
Threat To Religious Liberty By The Welfare State: An Illusion, Bruce Fein
William & Mary Law Review
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Alive And Well: Religious Freedom In The Welfare State, Anita L. Allen
Alive And Well: Religious Freedom In The Welfare State, Anita L. Allen
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
"Discrimination" On The Basis Of Religion: An Examination Of Attempted Value Neutrality In Employment, Laura S. Underkuffler
"Discrimination" On The Basis Of Religion: An Examination Of Attempted Value Neutrality In Employment, Laura S. Underkuffler
William & Mary Law Review
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Comment On "The Limits Of Rationality And The Place Of Religious Conviction: Protecting Animals And The Environment", Michael J. Perry
Comment On "The Limits Of Rationality And The Place Of Religious Conviction: Protecting Animals And The Environment", Michael J. Perry
William & Mary Law Review
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The Limits Of Rationality And The Place Of Religious Conviction: Protecting Animals And The Environment, Kent Greenawalt
The Limits Of Rationality And The Place Of Religious Conviction: Protecting Animals And The Environment, Kent Greenawalt
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Silence As A Moral And Constitutional Right, R. Kent Greenawalt
Silence As A Moral And Constitutional Right, R. Kent Greenawalt
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.