Frances Kamm

Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Office Address
Littauer-344
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 57
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-384-9808
Email: Frances_Kamm@ksg.harvard.edu
Assistant
Camiliakumari Wankaner (617-495-5994)
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Frances M. Kamm is Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy. She is the author of Creation and Abortion; Morality, Mortality, Vol. 1: Death and Whom to Save From It; Morality, Mortality, Vol. 2: Rights, Duties, and Status; and Intricate Ethics. Kamm also has published many articles on normative ethical theory and practical ethics. She has held ACLS, AAUW, NEH, and Guggenheim fellowships and has been a Fellow of the Program in Ethics and the Professions at the Kennedy School, the Center for Human Values at Princeton, and the Center for Advanced Study at Stanford. She is a member of the editorial boards of Philosophy & Public Affairs, Legal Theory, Bioethics, and Utilitas and was a consultant on ethics to the World Health Organization. She is a member of the steering committee of the University Program in Ethics and Health and in 2009-10 will be the Acting Director of the Graduate Fellows Program at the Safra Center for Ethics.

 

Courses

Fall

  • DPI-201-C The Responsibilities of Public Action

Not Offered

Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Academic Journals
    • Kamm, Frances. "Terrorism and Intending Evil." Philosophy and Public Affairs 36.2 (Spring 2008): 157-186.
  • Book Chapters
    • Kamm, Frances. "Should You Save This Child? Gibbard on Intuitions, Contractualism, and Strains of Commitment." Reconciling Our Aims: In Search of Bases for Ethics. Ed. Allan Gibbard. Oxford University Press, 2008, 120-146.
    • Kamm, Frances. "Moral Improvisation and New Obligations." Nomos XLIX: Moral Universalism and Pluralism. Ed. Henry S. Richardson and Melissa S. Williams. New York University Press, 2008.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Kamm, Frances. "Can Intention Affect Permissibility." Paper for Theory Conference, Columbia Law School, New York City, December 2008.