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.

Revisiting the union of marriage: beyond consummation?
Thesis
(2014). Revisiting the union of marriage: beyond consummation?

This thesis utilises radical feminism to assess whether it could be argued that marriage in the UK context has moved beyond a sexual definition: beyond consummation. The research looks at alternative relationship forms that have emerged to challenge... Read More about Revisiting the union of marriage: beyond consummation?.

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.

The ethics of electroconvulsive therapy
Thesis
(2017). The ethics of electroconvulsive therapy

During the last forty years, there has been increasing interest in the concept of professional ethics, particularly in the area of medical ethics. Psychiatry as a medical speciality has been part of the process because it is deeply concerned with the... Read More about The ethics of electroconvulsive therapy.

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.