Joan Callahan 2019

Joan Callahan

1946 - 2019

Ethics of Professional Life
Menopause: A Middle Passage
Reproduction, Ethics and the Law
Joan, along with Nancy Tuana, is responsible for a series of groundbreaking interviews with feminist philosophers.
  • Books

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    • Ethical Issues in Professional Life. (As Editor) Oxford University Press, 1988.
    • Menopause: A Midlife Passage. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993.
    • Preventing Birth: Contemporary Methods and Related Moral Controversies. (As Editor with James W. Knight) 1st Edition edition. Salt Lake City: Univ of Utah Pr, 1989.
    • Reproduction, Ethics, and the Law: Feminist Perspectives. (As Editor) Vol. 20. Indiana University Press, 1995.
  • Journal Articles

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    • “Academic Paternalism.” International Journal of Applied Philosophy 3, no. 1 (1986): 21–31.
    • “Acts, Omissions, and Euthanasia.” Public Affairs Quarterly 2, no. 2 (1988): 21–36.
    • Christian Science Healing: An Alternative Health Care System?” Journal of Social Philosophy 26, no. 3 (1995): 105–11.
    • “Enforcing Slavery Contracts: A Liberal View.” Philosophical Forum 16, no. 3 (1985): 223.
    • “Evaluating Religious Practices: Ecclesioethics Engendered.” Professional Ethics, a Multidisciplinary Journal 3, no. 2 (1994): 37–56.
    • “Feminism and Reproductive Technologies.” Journal of Clinical Ethics 5, no. 1 (1994): 75.
    • “Let’s Get the Lead out: Or Why Johnson Controls Is Not an Unequivocal Victory for Women.” Journal of Social Philosophy 25, no. 3 (1994): 65–75.
    • “Liberty, Beneficence, and Involuntary Confinement.” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 9, no. 3 (1984): 261–94.
    • “On Harming the Dead.” Ethics 97, no. 2 (1987): 341–52.
    • “Paternalism and Voluntariness.” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 16, no. 2 (1986): 199–219.
    • “Response to Rebecca Dresser’s ‘Involuntary Confinement: Legal and Psychiatric Perspectives.’” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 10, no. 2 (1985): 199–202.
    • “The Contract Motherhood Debate: Surrogate Motherhood: Politics and Privacy, Edited by Larry Gostin.” Journal of Clinical Ethics 4, no. 1 (1993): 82.
    • “The Silent Scream: A New, Conclusive Case Against Abortion?” Philosophy Research Archives 11 (1985): 181–95.
    • “Women and Children in Health Care: An Unequal Majority.” Ethics 105, no. 4 (1995): 950–51.
    • Callahan, Joan C., Laurence B. McCullough, and Frank A. Chervenak. “First Steps in Preventive Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynecology.” Hastings Center Report 26, no. 2 (1996): 45.
    • Jennings, Patricia K., and Joan C. Callahan. “Multiple Gestations: Some Public Policy Issues.” Health Care Analysis 9, no. 2 (2001): 167–85.
  • Review Articles

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    • “Christine Overall, Ethics and Human Reproduction: A Feminist Analysis Reviewed By.” Philosophy in Review 10, no. 10 (1990): 421–23.



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