Frances Kamm

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region = Western Philosophy
era = Contemporary philosophy
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image_caption = Frances Kamm

name = Frances Kamm
birth = United States of America
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school_tradition = Analytic philosophy
main_interests = Ethics, Bioethics, Philosophy of law, Political philosophy
influences = Immanuel Kant
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Frances M. Kamm is a philosopher specialising in normative and applied ethics. Kamm is currently 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. Before joining the Harvard faculty in 2003, she was on the faculty of New York University and also worked for the World Health Organisation as an ethics consultant.

elected 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.
* [http://personal.lse.ac.uk/voorhoev/In%20search%20of%20the%20deep%20structure%20of%20morality.%20An%20interview%20with%20Frances%20Kamm.pdf 'In Search of the Deep Structure of Morality: An Interview with Frances Kamm by Alex Voorhoeve', "Imprints" 9:2 (2006) 93-117.]

References

* [http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~phildept/kamm.html Frances Kamm, Faculty of Arts and Sciences faculty page (accessed 25 Sep 2007).]
* [http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/frances_kamm Frances Kamm, John F. Kennedy School of Government faculty page (accessed 5 Dec 2007).]
* [http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2003/10/summary_of_phil.html Brian Leiter's Summary of Philosophy Faculty Moves and Hirings, 2002-2003 (accessed 29 Sep 2008).]