Some personal reflections on working in the feminist philosophy of disability from Elizabeth Barnes (University of Virginia): I have sat in philosophy seminars where it was asserted that I should be left to die on a desert island if the … Continue reading
The first-ever collection on philosophical treatments of miscarriage and pregnancy loss is also the first entirely Open Access issue of Journal of Social Philosophy. The creation of the Special Issue: Miscarriage, Reproductive Loss, and Fetal Death is motivated by the fact that miscarriage … Continue reading
In a recent New York Times op-ed, Saad Omer, an associate professor of global health, epidemiology, and pediatrics at Emory University, suggested several reasonable measures to “nudge” vaccines skeptics into vaccinating their children. “We should borrow a concept from behavioral … Continue reading
Catholic hospitals control 1 out of every 9 hospital beds in the United States, either through direct administration or mergers with other health care systems; in eight states, they control more than 30% of beds. According to a 2013 article … Continue reading
PJW Note: This post originally appeared on October 28, 2013. Yet, as a recent Op-ed in The New York Times, “Pregnant, and No Civil Rights,” clearly demonstrates, the problems Reiheld addresses have only gotten worse. With over 2,000 hits in the past three days, … Continue reading
PJW Note: This post originally appeared on October 28, 2013. Yet, as a recent Op-ed in The New York Times, “Pregnant, and No Civil Rights,” clearly demonstrates, the problems Reiheld addresses have only gotten worse. With over 2,000 hits in the past three days, … Continue reading
Guest post by Karey Harwood, Ph.D. (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, NC State University) Jennifer Whalen, the 39-year old mother who has been jailed in Pennsylvania for procuring an abortion-inducing medication (formerly called RU-486) for her 16-year old daughter, … Continue reading
This is a guest post by Alice Dreger Our program in Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, in Chicago publishes a magazine called Atrium. Each issue features a specific medical humanities theme to which all contributions, graphic and … Continue reading
In the New York Times on Friday, January 24, 2014, three stories appeared that demonstrate the degree to which women’s bodies are still battlegrounds for men. The first was good news: the Moroccan law that allowed rapists to escape punishment … Continue reading
Numerous strategies by anti-abortion groups to curb women’s constitutional right to an abortion are frequently reported in the news, and come as no surprise. However, a recent development illustrates novel circumstances in which legal maneuvers conspire to restrict medical decisions … Continue reading
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In the wake of Adrienne Asch’s passing, I take the opportunity to share some of my thoughts about the contributions of disability studies to my teaching. I teach an introductory class in ethics and the goal is to get the … Continue reading