Frances Kamm
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| Western Philosophy Contemporary philosophy |
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| Name |
Frances Kamm
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| Birth | United States of America |
| School/tradition | Analytic philosophy |
| Main interests | Ethics, Bioethics, Philosophy of law, Political philosophy |
| Influenced by | Immanuel Kant |
Frances M. Kamm is a philosopher specialising in normative and applied ethics. Kamm was the 'Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy' at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, at Harvard University and 'Professor of Philosophy', in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Harvard from 2003 to 2007. Prior to this she was on the faculty of New York University and also worked for the World Health Organisation as an ethics consultant.
[edit] Selected works
- Creation and Abortion, 1992.
- Morality, Mortality, Vol. 1: Death and Whom to Save From It, 1993.
- 'Abortion and the Value of Life: A Discussion of Life's Dominion', Columbia Law Review, 1995.
- Morality, Mortality, Vol. 2: Rights, Duties, and Status, 1996.
- 'Ethical Issues in Using and Not Using Embryonic Stem Cells'. Stem Cell Reviews 1, Summer 2006.
- 'Moral Intuitions, Cognitive Psychology and the Harmony/Not Aiding Distinction', Ethics, 1998.
- Intricate Ethics: Rights, Responsibilities, and Permissible Harm. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
- 'In Search of the Deep Structure of Morality: An Interview with Frances Kamm by Alex Voorhoeve', Imprints 9:2 (2006) 93-117.
