1.
The Nature of Causality and its Dark Aspect
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 28 Jan 2018
Working Paper Series
Department of Mathematical Sciences and Institute for Risk and Uncertainty, University of Liverpool, UK, Monash University - Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics and California Institute of Technology
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1,306
2.
Ethical Issues in Regenerative Medicine
Wake Forest Intellectual Property Law Journal, Forthcoming, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 1380162
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 14 May 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Wake Forest University - School of Medicine, Wake Forest University - School of Law and Wake Forest University - Institute for Regenerative Medicine
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1,249
3.
Feminism & Bioethics: Beyond Reproduction
Susan M. Wolf, FEMINISM AND BIOETHICS: BEYOND REPRODUCTION, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 07 Jan 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of Minnesota Law School
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1,035
4.
The Ghost in Our Genes: Legal and Ethical Implications of Epigenetics
Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2009, University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2010-02
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 04 Jun 2008
Last Revised: 17 Feb 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Louisville - Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law, Arizona State University and Arizona State University - College of Law
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678
5.
Ethics Analysis of the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Debate
Journal of Health Ethics, Vol. II, 2008
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 12 Apr 2008
Last Revised: 18 Apr 2013
Accepted Paper Series
SUNY Upstate Medical University
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530
6.
A Neuroskeptic's Guide to Neuroethics and National Security
American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 4-12, 2010
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard University - Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
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492
7.
The Neuroscience of Moral Cognition: From Dual Processes to Dynamic Systems
Van Bavel, J. J., FeldmanHall, O., & Mende-Siedlecki, P. (in press). The neuroscience of moral cognition: From dual processes to dynamic systems. Current Opinion in Psychology, Forthcoming.
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 15 Aug 2015
Accepted Paper Series
New York University (NYU) - Department of Psychology, New York University (NYU) - Department of Psychology and Princeton University - Department of Psychology
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492
8.
Intellectual Property Rights in Genes and Gene Fragments: A Registration Solution for Expressed Sequence Tags
Iowa Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 3, March 2000
Number of pages: 92
Posted: 31 Mar 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Christie, Parker & Hale LLP and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
There are 2 versions of this paper
Intellectual Property Rights in Genes and Gene Fragments: A Registration Solution for Expressed Sequence Tags
Iowa Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 3, March 2000
Number of pages: 92
Posted: 31 Mar 2003
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Intellectual Property Rights in Genes and Gene Fragments: A Registration Solution for Expressed Sequence Tags
Iowa Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 3, Pp. 735-848, March 2000
Posted: 29 Sep 2000
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439
9.
Category Theory and Universal Models: Adjoints and Brain Functors
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 26 Mar 2009
Last Revised: 17 May 2009
Working Paper Series
Phil. Dept. UC at Riverside
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393
10.
History and Importance of Informed Consent in Health Care
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 27 Mar 2013
Working Paper Series
Canadian Institute of Health Research
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380
11.
Privacy and Confidentiality of Genetic Information: What Rules for the New Science?
Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics, Vol. 2, pp. 401-433, 2001
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 04 Feb 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine and University of Louisville - Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law
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350
12.
From Bad Pharma to Good Pharma: Aligning Market Forces with Good and Trustworthy Practices Through Accreditation, Certification, and Rating
Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 41, No. 3, 2013
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 15 Jul 2013
Last Revised: 30 Jul 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard University - Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
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334
13.
Mind and Rights: Neuroscience, Philosophy, and the Foundations of Legal Justice
M. Mahlmann, Mind and Rights: Neuroscience, Philosophy, and the Foundations of Legal Justice, Chapter 5, in: M. N. S. Sellers (ed.), Law, Reason, and Emotion, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp. 80-137
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 17 May 2017
Last Revised: 16 Jan 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Chair of Legal Theory, Legal Sociology and International Public Law
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307
14.
Introduction: Gender and Feminism in Bioethics
FEMINISM & BIOETHICS: BEYOND REPRODUCTION, pp. 3-43, Susan M. Wolf, ed., Oxford University Press, 1996
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 12 Jan 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of Minnesota Law School
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265
15.
Book Review, Max Bennett and Peter Hacker, Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, September 2003
Number of pages: 6
Posted: 24 Jan 2006
Accepted Paper Series
Rutgers University School of Law, Camden
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246
16.
Free Will from the Neuroscience Point of View
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 16 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 17 Sep 2013
Working Paper Series
Research on Artificial and Natural Intelligence (RANI) and Research on Artificial and Natural Intelligence (RANI)
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244
17.
The Pedagogical Significance of the Bush Stem Cell Policy: A Window into Bioethical Regulation in the U.S.
Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics, Vol. 5, pp. 491-504, 2005
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 06 Mar 2006
Accepted Paper Series
Notre Dame Law School
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242
18.
Anthropocentrism and the Argument from Gaia Theory
Ethics & the Environment, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2010
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 30 May 2008
Last Revised: 27 Nov 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Institute for Philosophical Research, UNAM
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237
19.
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Incorporating Personalized Medicine into Healthcare
Future Medicine, Vol. 15, No. 12, 43-51 (2014)
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 10 Jan 2015
Last Revised: 15 Mar 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Louisville - School of Medicine and University of Louisville - Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law
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233
20.
Has Wife Beating Become More Acceptable over Time? An Empirical Study of 33 Countries
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 01 Jun 2017
Working Paper Series
Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting
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220
21.
Which Came First -- the Chicken or the Egg?
Number of pages: 9
Posted: 09 Feb 2015
Last Revised: 04 Mar 2015
Working Paper Series
Stanford University and Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
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213
22.
Taming the Beast: Cognitive Enhancement, Ethical Implications, and Regulating Today for Tomorrow’s Scientific and Technological Advancements in Neuroscience
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 23 May 2011
Working Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN
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210
23.
Human Enhancement and Values
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 04 Jul 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Warsaw
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193
24.
Review of Derek Bickerton's Adam's Tongue
Number of pages: 94
Posted: 15 Feb 2010
Working Paper Series
Universidad de Zaragoza
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180
25.
The Exchange of Inmate Organs for Liberty: Diminishing the 'Yuck Factor' in the Bioethics Repugnance Debate
Journal of Gender, Race and Justice, Vol. 16, No. 105, 2013
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 17 Apr 2013
Last Revised: 19 Nov 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law
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163
26.
Luck, Genes, and Equality
35 J.L. MED. & ETHICS 712 (2007)
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 23 Nov 2009
Last Revised: 19 Mar 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of San Diego: School of Law
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159
27.
Coerced Participation in Clinical Trials: Conscripting Human Research Subjects
Administrative Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 2, 2010
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 28 Apr 2010
Accepted Paper Series
University of Florida - Levin College of Law
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151
28.
Crime, Punishment, and Causation: The Effect of Etiological Information on the Perception of Moral Agency
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law (Forthcoming), University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-21
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 02 Aug 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Missouri - Department of Philosophy and University of Missouri School of Law
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148
29.
The Legal GMO Concept. Reassessment of the GMO Definition in the Light of New Breeding Techniques (NBTs)
European Institute for Food Law Working Paper Series 2017/03
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 29 Dec 2017
Last Revised: 05 Feb 2018
Working Paper Series
European Institute for Food Law and European Institute for Food Law
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144
30.
Constructing the Genome Commons
Governing Knowledge Commons (B. Frishcmann, M. Madison & K. Strandburg, eds. 2014 (Oxford))
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 04 Aug 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
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138
31.
Physics Laws of Social Science
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 12 Nov 2014
Working Paper Series
Independent
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137
32.
The Glucose Model of Mediation: Physiological Bases of Willpower as Important Explanations for Common Mediation Behavior
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal, Vol. 15, 2015
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 30 Jun 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Florida State University - College of Arts & Sciences, Simpson, McMahan, Glick & Burford, PLLC, University of Kansas - School of Law and Simpson, McMahan, Glick & Burford, PLLC
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136
33.
Managing Incidental Findings and Research Results in Genomic Research Involving Biobanks and Archived Data Sets
Genetics in Medicine, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 361-384, 2012
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 26 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 27 Apr 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Minnesota Law School, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, Duke University - Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Stanford University - Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (SCBE), Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Harvard University - Harvard Medical School, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - School of Law, University of British Columbia (UBC), University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), McGill University - Centre for Genomics and Policy, Harvard Children's Hospital, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, The Hastings Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Law; Morgridge Institute for Research, University of Minnesota Law School, University of Pittsburgh, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Georgetown University - Department of Philosophy, National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics, Genetic Alliance, University of Washington and Harvard Children's Hospital
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The Case Against Precipitous, Population-Wide, Whole-Genome Sequencing
Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 40, No. 3, 2012, University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2013-05
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 10 Nov 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Louisville - Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law
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133
35.
Unicist Strategy: An Emulation of the Intelligence and Evolution of Nature
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 11 Dec 2017
Working Paper Series
The Unicist Research Institute
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128
36.
Transatlantic Lessons in Regulation of Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy
Science, Vol. 348, Issue 6231, p.178, April 2015
Number of pages: 3
Posted: 25 Apr 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School, University of Oxford - Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and Brown University Medical School
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123
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Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: Testing the Legal Boundaries
GENES, SOCIETY AND THE FUTURE: Vol. I, Part 2, Human Genome Research Project, Dunedin, NZ, 2007
Number of pages: 120
Posted: 02 May 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of Otago, Faculty of Law, University of Otago and University of Otago
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What is the Role of 'Human Nature' and 'Human Dignity' in Our Biotechnological Age?
Amsterdam Law Forum, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 20 Feb 2011
Accepted Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Natural Kinds in Evolution and Systematics: Metaphysical and Epistemological Considerations
Acta Biotheoretica, Vol. 57, pp. 77-97, 2009
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 03 Nov 2008
Last Revised: 22 Jun 2009
Accepted Paper Series
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy
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120
40.
A Multidisciplinary Hypothesis to Reincarnation: Does It a Universal Survival of the Genomic Particle of the Consciousness When a Brain Death?
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 16 Jun 2017
Last Revised: 05 Oct 2017
Working Paper Series
Independent
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116
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From Eugenics to the 'New' Genetics: 'The Play's the Thing'
Fordham Law Review, Vol. 79, p. 407, 2010, U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-58
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 13 Nov 2010
Last Revised: 20 Feb 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
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116
42.
The Triadic Functionality of Human Conscious Intelligence: Based on the Ontogenetic Intelligence of Nature
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 27 Nov 2017
Working Paper Series
The Unicist Research Institute
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115
43.
Choosing Genes for Future Children: Chap. 4 - Ethical Issues
Henaghan, Mark, CHOOSING GENES FOR FUTURE CHILDREN, Chapter 4, Human Genome Research Project, 2006
Number of pages: 70
Posted: 03 May 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Bioethics Centre, University of Otago, Faculty of Law, Bioethics Centre, University of Otago and University of Otago
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114
44.
The Importance of Homology for Biology and Philosophy
Biology and Philosophy, Vol. 22, pp. 633-641, 2007
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Accepted Paper Series
University of Alberta - Department of Philosophy and University of Sydney - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Charles Perkins Centre
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111
45.
7th Revision of the Declaration of Helsinki: Good News for the Transparency of Clinical Trials
Croatian Medical Journal, Vol. 50, pp. 105-110, 2009
Number of pages: 6
Posted: 19 Aug 2011
Last Revised: 24 May 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Canadian Institute for Health Information and University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
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107
46.
Hypothetical Pattern Explanations in Economic Science: Hayek's Explanation of the Principle and Pattern Predictions Meets Contemporary Philosophy of Science
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 09 Aug 2017
Working Paper Series
University of Puget Sound - Department of Economics
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106
47.
Tales from the Crypt: Scientific, Ethical, and Legal Considerations for Biohistorical Analysis of Deceased Historical Figures
Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law, Vol. 26, pp. 223-299, 2007
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 10 Jan 2008
Accepted Paper Series
Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Chicago-Kent College of Law
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105
48.
Trees of History in Systematics and Philology
Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, 27(1): 81–88,
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 02 Feb 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
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104
49.
Death: A New Legal Perspective
The Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy, Vol. 27, No. 1, Fall 2010
Number of pages: 76
Posted: 11 Feb 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Center for Ethical Solutions (CES), Center for Ethical Solutions (CES) and Center for Ethical Solutions (CES)
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103
50.
In Plain Sight: A Solution to a Fundamental Challenge in Human Research
Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-54
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 09 Sep 2012
Last Revised: 24 May 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Virginia Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities and University of Virginia School of Law
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99
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