Faculty Instructor
Humanities and Social Sciences
Philosophy
N3321 (NW) / A3171 (COQ)
About
Current interests include:
- Applied Ethics
- Business Ethics
- Health Care Ethics
- Feminist Theory
- Ethics of Care, Philosophy of Law.
Education and credentials
- PhD, Dalhousie
- MA, Queen's
- BA, Acadia
Research summary
I am currently working on three projects: the ethics of lying to children, incorporating feminist ethics into business ethics, conceptual and ethical analysis and finally, examining the conditions under which a mistaken belief in consent should be considered a legitimate defence against a charge of sexual assault.
Publications and other research outputs
- "Can Corporations Care?" Forthcoming in an anthology published by the Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics.
- "Feminist Reflections on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Canada", co-written with Dr. Susan Sherwin. The Price of Compassion: Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. Ed. Michael Stingl. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2010.
- "Multiculturalism and Liberalism: A Problem with Neutrality," Eidos. June, 1999.