In an essay in The Philosopher's Magazine online now (out in their July print issue), Professor Frances Kamm looks at some of the ways philosophers have argued about abortion that seem relevant to second trimester abortion in particular. Read full essay...
Please join us as we launch Professor Frances Kamm's latest book Bioethical Prescriptions: To Create, End, and Improve Lives (Oxford University Press, 2013). The book showcases Professor Kamm's articles on bioethics as parts of a coherent whole, with sections devoted to death and dying; early life (on conception and use of embryos, abortion, and childhood); genetics and other enhancements (on cloning and other genetic technologies); allocating scarce resources; and methodology (on the relation of moral theory and...
Long-time Center affiliate Frances M. Kamm was elected to the 2011 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Kamm was one of 212 of the world's most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts to have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011. Congratulations, Frances! Read more...
Long-time Center affiliate Frances Kamm published a new book, The Moral Target: Aiming at Right Conduct in War and Other Conflicts.
"The Moral Target: Aiming at Right Conduct in War and Other Conflicts comprises essays that discuss aspects of war and other conflicts in the light of both nonconsequentialist ethical theory and the views of such theorists as Barbara Herman, Jeff McMahan, Avishai Margalit, and Michael Walzer. The first essay deals with the relation between states of affairs whose termination...
June 30, 2011: Oxford University Press published a book by Professor Frances Kamm entitled Ethics for Enemies: Terror, Torture, and War. The book is based on three Uehiro Lectures given by Professor Kamm at Oxford University in 2008. The lectures were sponsored by the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.
"Ethics for Enemies comprises three original philosophical essays on torture, terrorism, and war. F. M. Kamm deploys ethical theory in her challenging new treatments of...
Long-time Center affiliate Frances M. Kamm published a new book, Bioethical Prescriptions: To Create, End, Choose, and Improve Lives.
"Bioethical Prescriptions collects F.M. Kamm's articles on bioethics, which have appeared over the last 25 years and which have made her among the most influential philosophers in this area. Kamm is known for her intricate, sophisticated, and painstaking...
