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Civility In America, Brian Schrag

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Presented to the WMU Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, October 5, 1995.

Law And Ignorance: Genetic Therapy And The Legal Process, Roger B. Dworkin

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

The Dangers Of Directives Or The False Security Of Forms, Diane E. Hoffmann, Sheryl Itkin Zimmerman, Catherine J. Tompkins

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Feminism, Law, And Bioethics, Karen H. Rothenberg

Faculty Scholarship

Feminist legal theory provides a healthy skepticism toward legal doctrine and insists that we reexamine even formally gender-neutral rules to uncover problematic assumptions behind them. The article first outlines feminist legal theory from the perspectives of liberal, cultural, and radical feminism. Examples of how each theory influences legal practice, case law, and legislation are highlighted. Each perspective is then applied to a contemporary bioethical issue, egg donation. Following a brief discussion of the common themes shared by feminist jurisprudence, the article incorporates a narrative reflecting on the integration of the common feminist themes in the context of the passage of …

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Fall 1995

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Update - October 1995, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- Managed Care: Challenges Facing Interdisciplinary Health Care Teams
-- Anencephalic Neonates as Live Organ Donors: AMA and CEJA
-- Can Evil Even End?

A Feminist Understanding Of Sex-Selective Abortion: Solely A Matter Of Choice, April L. Cherry

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

This essay consists of five sections. The first section describes the problem of sex-selective abortion, including an analysis of sociological data regarding adult preference for male children and its current effects. Section Two discusses various philosophical paradigms and analyses of sex-selective abortion with the goal of developing a coherent philosophical base from which to argue for a policy regarding sex-selective abortion which furthers the goals of gender equality. Section Three addresses the constitutionality of sex-selective abortion prohibitions in light of the Supreme Court's pronouncement in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey. Section Four outlines the liberal feminist response to …

Testing Children For Genetic Predispositions: Is It In Their Best Interest?, Diane E. Hoffmann, Eric A. Wulfsberg

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

A Claim For Third Party Standing In Malpractice Cases Involving Repressed Memory Syndrome, Sheila F. Rock

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Race, Family, And Obligation, Rodney C. Roberts

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

The Martin Luther King Jr. Day Lecture Presented to the WMU Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, January 16, 1995.

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Summer 1995

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Spring 1995

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Biological Alteration Cases, Sheldon Gelman

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Two Papers On Environmentalism Ii: Resources And Environmental Policy, Jan Narveson

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Presented to the WMU Center for the Study of Ethlcs in Society - November 21, 1994.

Two Papers On Environmentalism - I: Environmental Ethics And Value In The World, John Post

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Presented to the WMU Center for the Study of Ethics in Society - November 14, 1994.

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Winter 1995

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Michigan's Deadlocked Commission On Death And Dying: A Lesson In Politics And Legalism, Joseph Ellin

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Based on a presentation made to the WMU Center for the Study of Ethics in Society - September 21, 1994.

Restructuring The Principle Of Medical Futility, George P. Smith Ii

Scholarly Articles

This essay surveys the need for a clear and objective definition of medical futility. It is urged that once agreement is obtained for structuring operational guidelines for determining futility, a three-tier decisional structure can be developed for testing whether a given treatment falls within the scope of these guidelines.

Under the first tier, the treating physician would be given the primary responsibility for the making the determination to withhold treatment on the grounds of futility. While the physician would be under a duty not to prescribe treatment deemed futile, he would be obliged to inform the patient and his family …

Futility And The Principle Of Medical Futility: Safeguarding Autonomy And The Prohibition Against Cruel And Unusual Punishment, George P. Smith Ii

Scholarly Articles

Administering futile medical treatment is tantamount to inflicting cruel and unusual punishment on a patient and an abridgement of his rights of self-determination. It is incumbent upon physicians to recognize that they should accept the imposition of an affirmative legal, professional, moral and ethical duty not to prescribe a modality of treatment that falls clearly within the scope of being considered futile, freakish, or tortious under the provisions of Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. When medical treatment is classified as "futile," it frees the physician from any duty to provide treatment. While most reasonable persons agree with this proposition, much …

The Biological Alteration Cases, Sheldon Gelman

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

State interventions such as drugging dangerous prisoners to “alter the chemical balance in the brain,” sterilizing women involuntarily, or, more modestly, compelling vaccination in order to modify someone's immune system, employ a remarkable and problematic technique. The government biologically alters an individual to suit official policy, tailoring the person's very physical constitution to conform with some public objective. Even when the objective is worthy, such as preventing disease, the technique remains troubling. For in the process of biological alteration, government transforms individuals into instruments of state policy. Focusing on the handful of Supreme Court decisions involving the technique, this Article …

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Fall 1994

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Introduction: Emerging Paradigms In Bioethics Symposium, Roger B. Dworkin

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Bioethics And Epistemology: A Response To Professor Arras, Susan H. Williams

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Posthumous Reproduction, John A. Robertson

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Bioethics With A Human Face, Carl E. Schneider

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Society And The Balance Of Professional Dominance, And Patient Autonomy In Medical Care, Bernice A. Pescosolido

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

A Response To Beauchamp, David H. Smith

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Principals And Other Emerging Paradigms In Bioethics, Tom L. Beauchamp

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium:Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Are Principles Ever Properly Ignored? A Reply To Beauchamp Or Bioethical Paradigms, Karen Hanson

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics

Principles And Particularity: The Role Of Cases In Bioethics, John D. Arras

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Bioethics