PhD Thesis
In my thesis, supervised by Dr Richard Child and Dr Christian Schemmel, I argue that prohibiting people from using medical technology to engage in practices such as scarification is incompatible with the demands of respect for persons.
A full copy of my thesis can be downloaded here:
Body Modification Practices, Respect for Persons, and the Medical Monopoly
Publications
2020 – How to Regulate the Right to Self-Medicate, HEC Forum. Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10730-020-09415-7
Or, alternatively, download it here: Self-Medication
2019 – Body Modification Practices and the Medical Monopoly, Social Theory and Practice. Available at: https://www.pdcnet.org/soctheorpract/content/soctheorpract_2019_0045_0002_0307_0327
Or, alternatively, download it here: BMPs and the Medical Monopoly
2018 – A Review of Jessica Flanigan’s “Pharmaceutical Freedom: Why Patients have a Right to Self-Medicate”. Journal of Applied Philosophy Available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/japp.12333
Or, alternatively, download it here: Roberts-2018-Journal_of_Applied_Philosophy
2017 – Autonomy, Competence and Non-Interference HEC Forum. Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10730-017-9344-1
Or, alternatively download it here: Roberts-2017-HEC_Forum
2017- A Review of J.M. Bernstein’s ‘Torture and Dignity: An Essay on Moral Injury. Philosophy in Review, Vol. 37, No. 1 pp. 5-9
Available at: https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/article/view/16204/7061
Or, alternatively download it here: 16204-15610-1-PB (1)
2014- A review of Dale Miller’s J.S. Mill. Journal of Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy. Vol. 17 pp. 212-216
Available at: https://dbs-lin.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophy/pla/?q=reviews
Or, alternatively download it here: Miller
2014- Delivering the Deadly Blow: Understanding Collective Responsibility Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Analitica Junior, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 49-58
Available at: http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/rifanalitica/article/view/4009
Or, alternatively download it here: 4009-14310-1-PB
2014- Treating the Enhancement Debate: Irrelevant Distinctions in the Enhancement Medicine Debate. Kriterion-Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 28, pp.1-12
Available at: http://www.kriterion-journal-of-philosophy.org/kriterion/volume-28-2014/
Or, alternatively download it here: Kriterion-2014-28-001-012-roberts
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