Carolyn McLeod

Western University

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Affiliate Member, Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Research
Member, Rotman Institute of Philosophy
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Embryo Research

Morally Justifying Oncofertility Research, Oncofertility: Ethical, Legal, Social, and Medical Perspectives (2010)

The 'Healthy' Embryo: Social, Biomedical, Legal and Philosophical Perspectives (with Jeff Nisker, Françoise Baylis, Isabel Karpin, and Roxanne Mykitiuk) (2010)

The Stem Cell Debate Continues: The Buying and Selling of Eggs for Research (with Françoise Baylis), Journal of Medical Ethics (2007)

Donating Fresh versus Frozen Embryos to Stem Cell Research: In Whose Interests? (with Françoise Baylis), Bioethics (2007)

Nothing Extreme about Protecting Fresh Embryos (with Françoise Baylis, Jeff Nisker, and Susan Sherwin), The Globe and Mail (2007)

For Dignity or Money: Feminists on the Commodification of Women’s Reproductive Labour, The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics (2007)

Feminists on the Inalienability of Human Embryos (with Françoise Baylis), Hypatia (2006)

“Embryo Autonomy?” What About the Autonomy of Infertility Patients?, The American Journal of Bioethics (2005)

Personal Autonomy

Rich Discussion about Reproductive Autonomy, Bioethics (2009)

Understanding and Protecting Reproductive Autonomy, Bioethics (2009)

Feminists on the Inalienability of Human Embryos (with Françoise Baylis), Hypatia (2006)

“Embryo Autonomy?” What About the Autonomy of Infertility Patients?, The American Journal of Bioethics (2005)

Conscientious Autonomy: What Patients Do vs. What Is Done to Them, The Hastings Center Report (2005)

How to Distinguish Autonomy from Integrity, Canadian Journal of Philosophy (2005)

Integrity and Self-Protection, Journal of Social Philosophy (2004)

Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics, edited by Onora O'Neill, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A (2003)

Self-Trust and Reproductive Autonomy (2002)

Relational Autonomy, Self-Trust, and Health Care for Patients Who Are Oppressed (with Susan Sherwin), Relational Autonomy: Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency and the Social Self (2000)

Women’s Autonomy and the ‘G’ Case, Canadian Bioethics Society Newsletter (1998)

Fertility/Infertility

Morally Justifying Oncofertility Research, Oncofertility: Ethical, Legal, Social, and Medical Perspectives (2010)

The 'Healthy' Embryo: Social, Biomedical, Legal and Philosophical Perspectives (with Jeff Nisker, Françoise Baylis, Isabel Karpin, and Roxanne Mykitiuk) (2010)

Infertility and Moral Luck: The Politics of Women Blaming Themselves for Infertility (with Julie Ponesse), International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (2008)

Choice in Fertility Preservation in Girls and Adolescent Women with Cancer (with Jeffrey Nisker and Françoise Baylis), Cancer (2006)

“Embryo Autonomy?” What About the Autonomy of Infertility Patients?, The American Journal of Bioethics (2005)

Bioethics

Abortion Access and Conscientious Refusals, Routledge Companion to Bioethics (2012)

An Institutional Solution to Conflicts of Conscience in Medicine, Hastings Center Report (2010)

Morally Justifying Oncofertility Research, Oncofertility: Ethical, Legal, Social, and Medical Perspectives (2010)

The 'Healthy' Embryo: Social, Biomedical, Legal and Philosophical Perspectives (with Jeff Nisker, Françoise Baylis, Isabel Karpin, and Roxanne Mykitiuk) (2010)

Introduction (with Wendy Rogers), IJFAB (2009)

Rich Discussion about Reproductive Autonomy, Bioethics (2009)

Understanding and Protecting Reproductive Autonomy, Bioethics (2009)

The Stem Cell Debate Continues: The Buying and Selling of Eggs for Research (with Françoise Baylis), Journal of Medical Ethics (2007)

Donating Fresh versus Frozen Embryos to Stem Cell Research: In Whose Interests? (with Françoise Baylis), Bioethics (2007)

Nothing Extreme about Protecting Fresh Embryos (with Françoise Baylis, Jeff Nisker, and Susan Sherwin), The Globe and Mail (2007)

For Dignity or Money: Feminists on the Commodification of Women’s Reproductive Labour, The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics (2007)

Choice in Fertility Preservation in Girls and Adolescent Women with Cancer (with Jeffrey Nisker and Françoise Baylis), Cancer (2006)

“Embryo Autonomy?” What About the Autonomy of Infertility Patients?, The American Journal of Bioethics (2005)

Conscientious Autonomy: What Patients Do vs. What Is Done to Them, The Hastings Center Report (2005)

Understanding Trust, Health Care Ethics in Canada. 2nd ed. (2004)

Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics, edited by Onora O'Neill, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A (2003)

Authenticity and the Hijacked Brain, The American Journal of Bioethics (2002)

Wilkerson, Abby L. Diagnosis—Difference: The Moral Authority of Medicine, Ethics (2001)

**A Review of Genes, Women, Equality, by Mary Briody Mahowald**, FAB Newsletter (2000)

My Gender Made me Do it: Gender Identities and the Genetics of Alcoholism, The Bioethics Examiner (2000)

Moral Obligations

Infertility and Moral Luck: The Politics of Women Blaming Themselves for Infertility (with Julie Ponesse), International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (2008)

“Embryo Autonomy?” What About the Autonomy of Infertility Patients?, The American Journal of Bioethics (2005)

Wilkerson, Abby L. Diagnosis—Difference: The Moral Authority of Medicine, Ethics (2001)

Trust

Trust, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2011)

Understanding Trust, Health Care Ethics in Canada. 2nd ed. (2004)

Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics, edited by Onora O'Neill, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A (2003)

Self-Trust and Reproductive Autonomy (2002)

Our Attitude towards the Motivation of Those We Trust, The Southern Journal of Philosophy (2000)

Relational Autonomy, Self-Trust, and Health Care for Patients Who Are Oppressed (with Susan Sherwin), Relational Autonomy: Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency and the Social Self (2000)

Trudy Govier’s Dilemmas of Trust (with S. Burns), The Dalhousie Review (1999)

Emergency Contraception

Harm or Mere Inconvenience? Denying Women Emergency Contraception, Hypatia (2010)

Feminism

Family-Making: Contemporary Ethical Challenges, Being Relational: Reflections on Relational Theory and Health Law and Policy (2013)

Taking a Feminist Relational Perspective on Conscience, Being Relational: Reflections on Relational Theory and Health Law (2011)

Harm or Mere Inconvenience? Denying Women Emergency Contraception, Hypatia (2010)

The 'Healthy' Embryo: Social, Biomedical, Legal and Philosophical Perspectives (with Jeff Nisker, Françoise Baylis, Isabel Karpin, and Roxanne Mykitiuk) (2010)

Introduction (with Wendy Rogers), IJFAB (2009)

Rich Discussion about Reproductive Autonomy, Bioethics (2009)

Referral in the Wake of Conscientious Objection to Abortion, Hypatia (2008)

Infertility and Moral Luck: The Politics of Women Blaming Themselves for Infertility (with Julie Ponesse), International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (2008)

For Dignity or Money: Feminists on the Commodification of Women’s Reproductive Labour, The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics (2007)

Feminists on the Inalienability of Human Embryos (with Françoise Baylis), Hypatia (2006)

Standing on Guard for Women’s Health: A Report from Canada, FAB Newsletter (2004)

Mere and Partial Means: The Full Range of the Objectification of Women, Feminist Moral Philosophy (2003)

A Feminist I: Reflections from Academia, Resources for Feminist Research (2002)

Self-Trust and Reproductive Autonomy (2002)

Does Gift Language Elevate Devalued Forms of Motherhood?, Medical Humanities Review (2001)

Dependency Relations as a Starting Point for Justice, The Hastings Center Report (2000)

**A Review of Genes, Women, Equality, by Mary Briody Mahowald**, FAB Newsletter (2000)

My Gender Made me Do it: Gender Identities and the Genetics of Alcoholism, The Bioethics Examiner (2000)

Relational Autonomy, Self-Trust, and Health Care for Patients Who Are Oppressed (with Susan Sherwin), Relational Autonomy: Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency and the Social Self (2000)

Women’s Autonomy and the ‘G’ Case, Canadian Bioethics Society Newsletter (1998)

Integrity and Conscience

Abortion Access and Conscientious Refusals, Routledge Companion to Bioethics (2012)

Taking a Feminist Relational Perspective on Conscience, Being Relational: Reflections on Relational Theory and Health Law (2011)

An Institutional Solution to Conflicts of Conscience in Medicine, Hastings Center Report (2010)

How to Distinguish Autonomy from Integrity, Canadian Journal of Philosophy (2005)

Integrity and Self-Protection, Journal of Social Philosophy (2004)

Motherhood

Abortion Access and Conscientious Refusals, Routledge Companion to Bioethics (2012)

Does Gift Language Elevate Devalued Forms of Motherhood?, Medical Humanities Review (2001)