Russell DiSilvestro
Courses | Recent Publications | Research Interests | Recent Papers Presented
Contact Information |
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| Title: | Assistant Professor |
| Office Hours: |
Fall 2008: Tuesdays, Thursdays 12-1:30, and by appointment |
| E-mail: | rdisilv@csus.edu |
| Office Phone: |
(916) 278-6766 |
Mailing |
Mendocino Hall 3016 |
Courses
- Bioethics
- Business and Computer Ethics
- Ethics
- Ethics and Social Issues
- History of Ethics
- Metaphysics
- Political Philosophy
Recent Publications
- “Reproductive Autonomy, the Non-Identity Problem, and the Non-Person Problem.” Bioethics (forthcoming).
- “Precisely Which Claim Makes Spontaneous Abortion a Scourge?” American Journal of Bioethics (forthcoming).
- “A Qualified Endorsement of Embryonic Stem-Cell Research, Based on Two Widely Shared Beliefs about the Brain-Diseased Patients Such Research Might Benefit.” Journal of Medical Ethics (forthcoming).
- “What’s Wrong with Deliberately Proselytizing Patients?” American Journal of Bioethics 7:7 (July 2007), pp. 22-24.
- “Not Every Cell is Sacred: A Reply to Charo.” Bioethics 20:3 (June 2006), pp. 146-157.
- “Human Embryos in the Original Position?” Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 30:3 (June 2005), pp. 285-304.
- “A Neglected Solution to the Problem of the Metaphysical and Moral Status of the Human-Animal Chimera.” Ethics & Medicine 20:2 (Summer 2004), pp. 5-23.
Research Interests
- I work on the intersection between metaphysics and ethics, especially as it relates to contemporary bioethical issues involving the nature and moral status of human beings.
Recent Papers Presented
- “Sacrificing Our (Grand) Children to Benefit Our (Grand) Parents,” for the 2008 Nammour Symposium, California State University-Sacramento, Sacramento, California, April 22, 2008.
- “Secular Disagreement, Religious Disagreement, and Public Policy Debates in a Pluralistic Democracy,” for the 2007 Nammour Symposium, California State University-Sacramento, Sacramento, California, April 25, 2007.
- “Liberalism and Women’s Adaptive Preferences: A Reply to Lisa Schwartzmann,” for the 2007 Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association, San Francisco, California, April 7, 2007.
- “Ronald Reagan’s Brain and the Politics of Personal Identity,” for the 2006 Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity Conference, “Neuroethics: the New Frontier,” Deerfield, Illinois, July 13-15, 2006.
- “Capacities, Hierarchies, and the Strong Moral Presumption Against Killing Normal Human Infants,” for the Center for Practical and Professional Ethics and the Department of Philosophy at California State University-Sacramento, Sacramento, California, February 23, 2006.
Last updated: 09/01/2008
