Simmel’s (non-human) humanism: On Simmel’s ‘ethics of endings and futures’ (2020)
Journal Article
featherstone. (2020). Simmel’s (non-human) humanism: On Simmel’s ‘ethics of endings and futures’. Journal of Classical Sociology, 21(2), 203-220. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X20915667

Given the recent non-human turn in sociology and the social sciences, the popularity of theories of entanglement, and contemporary concern with the concept of the anthropocene, it is easy to forget that classical sociology was always-already aware of... Read More about Simmel’s (non-human) humanism: On Simmel’s ‘ethics of endings and futures’.

Against the New Atheism: A Defence of Salvation-Sensitive Exclusivism (2018)
Thesis
Matthews, P. (2018). Against the New Atheism: A Defence of Salvation-Sensitive Exclusivism. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/418132

In the last decade, there have been several publications and articles by academics (especially Dawkins, Dennett, and Harris), attacking the rationale behind religious belief through the presupposition of scientism. According to these ‘New Atheists,'... Read More about Against the New Atheism: A Defence of Salvation-Sensitive Exclusivism.

(Dis)entangling Barad: Materialisms and Ethics (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). (Dis)entangling Barad: Materialisms and Ethics. Social Studies of Science, 918-941. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306312717728344

In the wake of the widespread uptake of and debate surrounding the work of Karen Barad, this article revisits her core conceptual contributions. We offer descriptions, elaborations, problematizations and provocations for those intrigued by or investe... Read More about (Dis)entangling Barad: Materialisms and Ethics.

Conscientious objection, professional duty and compromise: A response to Savulescu and Schuklenk (2017)
Journal Article
Hughes. (2017). Conscientious objection, professional duty and compromise: A response to Savulescu and Schuklenk. Bioethics, 126-131. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12410

In a recent article in this journal, Savulescu and Schuklenk defend and extend their earlier arguments against a right to medical conscientious objection in response to criticisms raised by Cowley. I argue that while it would be preferable to be less... Read More about Conscientious objection, professional duty and compromise: A response to Savulescu and Schuklenk.

Overcoming ethical barriers to research with hidden social groups (2017)
Journal Article
Machin, H., & Shardlow, S. M. (2017). Overcoming ethical barriers to research with hidden social groups. Research Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1177/1747016117739938

Researchers engaged in studies about “hidden social groups” are likely to face several ethical challenges. Using a study with undocumented Chinese migrants in the UK, challenges involved in obtaining approval by a University Research Ethics Committee... Read More about Overcoming ethical barriers to research with hidden social groups.

Scheler’s ethics and the problem of normativity
Thesis
(2016). Scheler’s ethics and the problem of normativity

Kant and Scheler both develop ethical frameworks which are grounded by their epistemic theories. In this thesis, I exposit both of these epistemologies and show their relations to the respective ethical theories. I then look at how those theories try... Read More about Scheler’s ethics and the problem of normativity.

Moral particularism: implications in medical ethics
Thesis
(2014). Moral particularism: implications in medical ethics

Particularism challenges the accepted idea of normative moral theory that morality can be reduced to a finite set of fundamental principles; it sees morality as quite capable of getting on without such principles. This thesis is concerned with asking... Read More about Moral particularism: implications in medical ethics.

'Futile' orders and morally distressed nurses: professionally sanctioned conscientious objection is not the solution
Thesis
(2012). 'Futile' orders and morally distressed nurses: professionally sanctioned conscientious objection is not the solution

There are differing views on the exact nature of moral distress in nursing, but essentially, most empirical work indicates that it is the nurse’s inability to do the right thing because she feels impeded from doing so, due to constraints such as orga... Read More about 'Futile' orders and morally distressed nurses: professionally sanctioned conscientious objection is not the solution.

The ethical demands on the developed world of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
Thesis
sub-Saharan Africa

HIV/AIDS is a major health problem for sub-Saharan Africa. There are identifiable prevention and treatment regimes which would greatly ameliorate the situation, but these are beyond the resources of the sub-Saharan countries themselves. The research... Read More about The ethical demands on the developed world of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.