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Introduction (2013)
Book Chapter
Wrigley. (2013). Introduction. In Ethics, Law and Society vol V: Ethics of Care, Theorising the Ethical, and Body Politics (3 - 6). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315094342-1

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book. This chapter addresses Ethics of Care, Body Politics, Theorising the Ethicaland Governance, it provides a variety of exciting perspectives by which to bring the highly... Read More about Introduction.

Wanted Dead or Alive: Organ Donation and Limitations on Surrogate Consent for Non-Competent Living Donors (2013)
Book Chapter
Wrigley. (2013). Wanted Dead or Alive: Organ Donation and Limitations on Surrogate Consent for Non-Competent Living Donors. In Ethics, Law and Society, Vol V (209 - 234). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

This chapter focuses on the issues concerning live organ donation and the challenges this poses for donors who have lost capacity to consent. It argues that the limitations on advance directives and surrogate decision-making mean that they can only g... Read More about Wanted Dead or Alive: Organ Donation and Limitations on Surrogate Consent for Non-Competent Living Donors.

Harm To Future Persons: Non-Identity Problems and Counterpart Solutions (2012)
Journal Article
Wrigley. (2012). Harm To Future Persons: Non-Identity Problems and Counterpart Solutions. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 15, 175 -190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-011-9280-0

Non-Identity arguments have a pervasive but sometimes counter-intuitive grip on certain key areas in ethics. As a result, there has been limited success in supporting the alternative view that our choices concerning future generations can be consider... Read More about Harm To Future Persons: Non-Identity Problems and Counterpart Solutions.

'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.