CURRICULUM VITAE
Abbreviated Version
ADDRESS 1680 East 1400 North
CURRENT POSITION:
Professor of Philosophy, Department of Languages and
Philosophy,
EDUCATION:
Honors B.A. Summa Cum Laude,
Master of Theological
Doctor of Philosophy,
THESIS: Procreative Rights and the Sterilization of the Retarded
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Phi Beta Kappa, Researcher of
the Year,
Honors Professor of the Year, USU 1989‑1990
Liberal Arts and Sciences Professor Award, 1992
Mortor Board Top Prof., 1993
Honors Program Last Lecturer, 1993
Teacher of the Year, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Utah State University, 1995
Honors Professor of the Year,
FELLOWSHIPS:
Kennedy Foundation Fellow, Interfaculty program in Medical
Ethics,
Earhart Foundation Fellowships 1987‑1988,
National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship 1989.
EXPERIENCE:
Adjunct Associate Professor,
Senior Research Scholar, Center for Bioethics, Clinical
Research Institute of
Professor, Department of Theology,
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and
Religion,
Assistant Professor, Program on Human Values and Ethics,
Assistant Professor, Department of
Philosophy and Religion, Northeastern University,
Teaching Fellow in Ethics,
Teaching Fellow in Medical Ethics,
Research Fellow in Medical Ethics and
MEMBERSHIPS:
AREAS OF
SPECIALIZATION:
Medical and Applied Ethics and Policy, Moral Philosophy and Theology, Philosophical Theology
AREAS OF
COMPETENCY:
Political Philosophy, History of Modern Philosophy, Modern Theology
SELECTED PAPERS
DELIVERED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:
“The Precautionary Principle” American Philosophical Association May 2001
“Abortion and Health Care in the 1992 Election”, American Political Science Assn. Sept. 1993
“Locke on
“Christianity and Liberal Democracy”, Bradley Memorial
Lecture,
“Revealed Religion in Practice: An Introduction to Hobbes' Behemoth”, delivered at the American Political Science Association Meeting (September 1988)
“Theology of Toleration: A
“Genetically Engineered Organisms in the Human Food Chain: Regulatory and Policy Issues” presented at the American Political Science Association Meeting (September 1989)
“The Devil and Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan, Book IV” invited
paper at international conference on the religious thought of Thomas Hobbes,
“Faithful Medicine: The Religious Roots of Human
Caretaking”, American
With Amal Kawar,
“Theoretical and Policy Issues in the Regulation of Deliberate Release of
Genetically Engineered Organisms” American Political Science Association,
With Roger Barrus, “The Problem of
Religion in Liberalism”, American Political Science Association,
“Risk and Responsibility”, plenary address to International
Conference on Biotechnology Policy,
“The Pro‑Life Movement”, Society for the Study of
Social Problems,
“Entrustment and Disclosure in Clinical
Medicine: Toward a Phenomenology of "Care Taking." Delivered
at the American Association of Medical Colleges Meeting,
“Ernst Troeltsch
and the Politics of Nihilism. The Dilemma of a Neo‑Kantian
Political Philosophy”, Delivered at the American
“Faithful Medicine: Faith, Hope and Ambiguity in Clinical
Care”, delivered at the annual meeting of the National Federation of Catholic
Physician's Guilds,
“The moral Quandary of Prenatal Genetics”, delivered at
national conference on Human Life and Health Care Ethics,
“Hobbes on Religion and Politics” delivered at International
Congress,
PUBLICATIONS:
selected
2000
“ Ethical Issues in Transgenics” Cloning 2:2 ( fall 2000)
1999
“Sin, Grace and Morality: Reinhold Neibuhr” in David Paulsen ed. Modern Theology , SUNY Press
1998
“The Theology of Toleration: A Reading of Locke’s Reasonableness of Christianity”
Jewish Political Studies 9( winter) : 19-47
1995
“The Permanent Crisis of the Welfare State”, Crisis April 1995
Edited and Introduction, The Normative Constitution ( Rowman and Littlefield)
1993
"Abortion and Health Care in the 1992 Election" in John Eastby et.al. eds
The 1992 Election: Constitutional Consequences of the Campaign for the President
(Roman and Littlefield)
With Camille Williams, "After Roe: The Theory and Practice of Moderate Abortion Policy,"
The World and I
With Roger Barrus, "The Problem of Religion in Modern Politics," Interpretation.
21(1993): 67-85
1991
"Supreme Court Challenge: Inside the
Making of the
Review, Spring 1991.
With Richard Wilkins "Moderating the Polar Extremes: A Guide to Post Webster Abortion Policy," BYU Law Review, 1991 Volume 1, pp. 403‑480
1990
With Amal Kawar "Genetically Engineered Organisms in Food: The Case
of the Dairy Industry," in David Weber, ed. Biotechnology (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990) : 117-129
"The Politics of the Netherworld: Leviathan Book
IV" in Klaus Kodalle ed. Hobbes and
Religion
1989
With Amal Kawar "Response to Critics: Theoretical and Policy Issues in the Release of Engineered Organisms” Politics and the Life Sciences 7( August, 1989) : 56-58
With Amal Kawar, " Theoretical Issues in the Regulation of Genetically Engineered Organisms: The Case of Deliberate Release” Politics and the Life Sciences 7( January, 1989) : 129-134
"Ernst Troeltsch and the politics of Nihilism: The Dilemma of a Neo-Kantian Political Philosophy" in Ernst Troeltsch: New Essays Michael LaChat and Max Meyers, Eds.
(Toronto : Edwin Mellen Press, 1989) : 205-225
1988
With Mary Dingus, Families and the Gravely III: Roles. Rules. and Rights (Greenwood‑Praeger Press)
1987
Preserving Life: Public Policy and the Life Worth Living (
1986
"My Brother's Keeper: Mental Health Policy and the New
Psychiatry" in Susan Saladay et al., eds. Ethics,
Values and Psychiatry (
"Reasonable Men and Sick Human Beings" American Journal of Medicine (January) pp. 2‑4.
"Conversations with Patients:
Renewing the Promise of Informed Consent” Annals of the
1985
With Mary Dingus, "Families and the Gravely III: Role, Rules and Rights" Journal
of the American Geriatric Society 31 (1985) pp. 121‑124.
“The Moral Quandary of Prenatal Genetics" in James Bopp et al., eds. New Essays in Bioethics (Fredericksburg, MD: University Press of America, Althea Books, 1985)
"Moral Values in Psychotherapy: A Review" in Directions in Psychiatry vol. 5 (New York, 1985)
1984
"Compliance and Responsibility: A New Problem for the Insanity Defense” Journal of Law and Psychiatry 17 (December) pp. 483‑505.
"Competency to Consent to Medical Care: Toward a
General View"
Psychiatry 5 (1984) pp. 16‑22.
With William Murphy, "Confidentiality and Therapy: An Agency Perspective" Comprehensive Psychiatry 34 (1984) pp. 88‑95
1983
"Consent, Competency and ECT: Some Critical Suggestions" Journal of Medical
Ethics 9 (1983) pp. 149‑151.
"Suicide and Public Policy: A Critique of the New Consensus" Bioethics Quarterly
4 (Fall) pp. 58‑70
"Ethics and the Artificial Heart" Health Spectrum (Spring) pp. 15‑18
1982
"The Theology of Leviathan: Hobbes on Religion" Interpretation 10 (1982)
pp. 43‑60
"For Everything There is a Season: The Right to Die in American Law" Brigham Young University Law Review 10 (1982) pp. 545‑616
With Robert Sherlock, "The Sterilization of the
Retarded: Moral, Constitutional and Policy Issues"
With Radwan Haykal, M.D. "Refusal of ECT in a Depressed Patient: Management
Controversies"
1981
"The Demographic Case for Liberal Abortion Policies: Analysis of a Psuedo‑Issue" in
New Essays on Human Abortion Thomas Hilgers M.D.,
Horan, eds. (
"Liberalism, Public Policy, and the Life Not Worth Living" American Journal Of Jurisprudence 26 (1981) pp. 47‑65
"Euthanasia as Public Policy: A Review" Political Science Reviewer 11 (1981) pp. 251‑286
"Abortion and Public Policy" Sunstone Magazine 6 (September) pp. 17‑19
Review Essay on Marvin Kohl, ed. Infanticide and the Value of Life Linacre Quarterly 48 (August) pp. 278‑281
1979
"Selective Non‑Treatment of Defective Newborns: A Critique" Ethics in Science and Medicine 7 (1980) pp. 11 ‑117
"Public Policy and the Life Not Worth Living: The Case Against Euthanasia" Linacre Quarterly 47 (1980) pp. 121‑132
"Darwinism and Religious Thought: An Uncomfortable Interface" Dialogue 15 (Fall) pp. 63‑78
"Debate: Selective Non‑Treatment of Defective Newborns" Journal of Medical Ethics 5 (September) pp. 139‑140
"Faith and Historical Knowledge" Dialogue 13 (Spring) pp. 27‑41
1978
"From Stigma to Sterilization: Eliminating the Retarded in American Law" Linacre
Quarterly 45 (May) pp. 115‑134
"A Turbulent Spectrum: Mormon Responses to the Darwinist Legacy" Journal of Mormon History 4 pp. 45‑69
"Differential Rates of Population Growth: Ethical Analysis” Encyclopedia of Bioethics (New York: Macmillan, 1978)
In Development:
with John Morrey Ethical Issues in Biotechnology: A Textbook
The Roots of