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John F. Kennedy School of Government
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Profile
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
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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
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Kamm, Frances. "Terrorism and Intending Evil." Philosophy and
Public Affairs 36.2 (Spring 2008): 157-186.
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Kamm, Frances. "Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Aggregation."
Social Philosophy and Policy 26.1 (Winter 2009).
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Kamm, Frances. "Neuroscience and Moral Reasoning: A Note on Recent
Research." Philosophy and Public Affairs 37.4 (October
2009): 330-345.
- Book Chapters
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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.
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Kamm, Frances. What Is and Is Not Wrong with Enhancement. Human
Enhancement. Ed. Julian Savulescu, and Nick Bostrom. Oxford
University Press, 2009, 91-131.
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Kamm, Frances. Discrimination, Disability and Irrelevant Goods.
Disability and Disadvantage. Ed. Kimberley Brownlee, and
Adam Cureton. Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Kamm, Frances. In Search of the Deep Structure of Morality.
Conversations on Ethics. Ed. Alex Voorhoeve. Oxford
University Press, 2009, 15-42.