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  1. A Kantian moral duty for the soon-to-be demented to commit suicide.Dennis R. Cooley - 2007 - American Journal of Bioethics 7 (6):37 – 44.
    It has been argued that, on Kantian grounds, pedophiles, rapists and murderers are morally obligated to take their own lives prior to committing a violent action that will end their moral agency. That is, to avoid destroying the agent's moral life by performing a morally suicidal action, the agent, while he still is a moral agent, should end his body's life. Although the cases of dementia and the morally reprehensible are vastly different, this Kantian interpretation might be useful in the (...)
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    Death's Values and Obligations: A Pragmatic Framework.Dennis R. Cooley - 2015 - Dordrecht: Imprint: Springer.
    This book brings together the relevant interdisciplinary and method elements needed to form a conceptual framework that is both pragmatic and rigorous. By using the best, and often the latest, work in thanatology, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, physics, philosophy and ethics, it develops a framework for understanding both what death is - which requires a great deal of time spent developing definitions of the various types of identity-in-the-moment and identity-over-time - and the values involved in death. This pragmatic framework answers questions (...)
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    Genetically Engineering Human-Animal Chimeras and Lives Worth Living.Dennis R. Cooley - 2008 - Between the Species 13 (8):1.
    Genetic engineering often generates fear of out of control scientists creating Frankenstein creatures that will terrorize the general populace, especially in the cases of human-animal chimeras. While sometimes an accurate characterization of some researchers, this belief is often the result of repugnance for new technology rather than being rationally justified. To facilitate thoughtful discussion the moral issues raised by human-animal chimeras, ethicists and other stakeholders must develop a rational ethical framework before raw emotion has a chance of becoming the dominating (...)
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  4. A Duty to Suicide.Dennis Cooley & Dennis R. Cooley - 2015 - In Dennis R. Cooley (ed.), Death's Values and Obligations: A Pragmatic Framework. Dordrecht: Imprint: Springer.
     
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  5. A Pragmatic Framework of Values and Principles: The Beginning.Dennis Cooley & Dennis R. Cooley - 2015 - In Dennis R. Cooley (ed.), Death's Values and Obligations: A Pragmatic Framework. Dordrecht: Imprint: Springer.
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  6. A Pragmatic Method.Dennis Cooley & Dennis R. Cooley - 2015 - In Dennis R. Cooley (ed.), Death's Values and Obligations: A Pragmatic Framework. Dordrecht: Imprint: Springer.
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  7. Defining and Valuing Properties and Individuals.Dennis Cooley & Dennis R. Cooley - 2015 - In Dennis R. Cooley (ed.), Death's Values and Obligations: A Pragmatic Framework. Dordrecht: Imprint: Springer.
     
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    Deaf by Design: A Business Argument Against Engineering Disabled Offspring.Dennis R. Cooley - 2007 - Journal of Business Ethics 71 (2):209-227.
    If Solomon is correct in labeling businesses as community citizens because they “are part and parcel of the communities in which they live and flourish, and the responsibilities that they bear are ... intrinsic to their very existence as social entities,” then it follows that other community citizens have reciprocal duties toward them that they, as community citizens, have to any other community citizen. One of these duties is not to harm needlessly another community citizen without its permission. One issue (...)
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    Epistemic Closure’s Clash with Technology in New Markets.Dennis R. Cooley - 2012 - Journal of Business Ethics 108 (2):181-199.
    Many people, such as Adam Smith, Milton Friedman, Irving Fisher, and William Sharpe, assume that free markets full of rational people automatically lead to ethical actions and outcomes. After all, at its equilibrium point, a perfectly competitive free market maximizes utility, respects autonomy, and fulfills justice’s dictates. Unfortunately, in some technology markets, there are a significant number of people who have undergone epistemic closure. Epistemic closure entails that all reliable evidence that would challenge deeply held beliefs is dismissed as corrupted, (...)
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    Hospitality Industry Smoking Bans and Child Endangerment.Dennis R. Cooley - 2005 - Business and Professional Ethics Journal 24 (3):59-90.
  11. How Should We Feel About Another’s Death?Dennis Cooley & Dennis R. Cooley - 2015 - In Dennis R. Cooley (ed.), Death's Values and Obligations: A Pragmatic Framework. Dordrecht: Imprint: Springer.
     
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  12. How Should We Feel About Our Own Death?Dennis Cooley & Dennis R. Cooley - 2015 - In Dennis R. Cooley (ed.), Death's Values and Obligations: A Pragmatic Framework. Dordrecht: Imprint: Springer.
     
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  13. Is There a Duty to Die?Dennis Cooley & Dennis R. Cooley - 2015 - In Dennis R. Cooley (ed.), Death's Values and Obligations: A Pragmatic Framework. Dordrecht: Imprint: Springer.
     
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    Medical Research Ethics: Introduction.Dennis R. Cooley - 2003 - Essays in Philosophy 4 (2):104-109.
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    Response to Open Peer Commentaries on "A Kantian Moral Duty for the Soon to Be Demented to Commit Suicide".Dennis R. Cooley - 2007 - American Journal of Bioethics 7 (6):1-3.
    It has been argued that, on Kantian grounds, pedophiles, rapists and murderers are morally obligated to take their own lives prior to committing a violent action that will end their moral agency. That is, to avoid destroying the agent's moral life by performing a morally suicidal action, the agent, while he still is a moral agent, should end his body's life. Although the cases of dementia and the morally reprehensible are vastly different, this Kantian interpretation might be useful in the (...)
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    Readjusting Utility for Justice.Dennis R. Cooley - 2000 - Journal of Philosophical Research 25:363-380.
    Despite the best efforts of utilitarians, justice remains a serious problem for consequentialism. Many counterexamples have been described which show that an agent may be obligated to do a gross injustice, according to hedonic utilitarianism, just because it maximizes utility. Fred Feldman attempts to avoid this result by adjusting utility for justice.In this paper, I examine Feldman’s axiology and his normative theory of world utilitarianism, and show that, ultimately, he is not successful in his endeavor. Though Feldman’s theories may not (...)
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  17. Understanding Social Welfare Capitalism, Private Property, and the Government’s Duty to Create a Sustainable Environment.Dennis R. Cooley - 2008 - Journal of Business Ethics 89 (3):351-369.
    No one would deny that sustainability is necessary for individual, business, and national survival. How this goal is to be accomplished is a matter of great debate. In this article I will show that the United States and other developed countries have a duty to create sustainable cities, even if that is against a notion of private property rights considered as an absolute. Through eminent domain and regulation, developed countries can fulfill their obligations to current and future generations. To do (...)
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  18. What Harm Does Death Do to the Decedent?Dennis Cooley & Dennis R. Cooley - 2015 - In Dennis R. Cooley (ed.), Death's Values and Obligations: A Pragmatic Framework. Dordrecht: Imprint: Springer.
     
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    "Review of" What We Owe To Each Other". [REVIEW]Dennis R. Cooley - 2002 - Essays in Philosophy 3 (1):111-121.
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