Gunderson specializes in ethics, bioethics and human rights. For the past two
decades he has been interested in areas where health care, civil liberties and philosophy
overlap. He is currently working on human rights, especially as they apply to issues in
health care. Gunderson regularly teaches courses on ethics, human rights, and bioethics. 

Gunderson is the DeWitt Wallace Professor of Philosophy at Macalester College. 

EDUCATION: B.A., Macalester College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University; J.D., University of
Minnesota

Journal Articles

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Enhancing Human Rights: How the Use of Human Rights Treaties to Prohibit Genetic Engineering Weakens Human Rights, Journal of Evolution and Technology (2008)
 

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Genetic Engineering and the Consent of Future Persons, Journal of Evolution and Technology (2008)
 

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Seeking Perfection: A Kantian Look at Genetic Engineering, Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics (2007)
 

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Human Rights, Dignity, and the Science of Genetic Engineering, Social Philosophy Today (2007)
 

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A Kantian View of Suicide and End-of-Life Treatment, Journal of Social Philosophy (2004)
 

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Books

AIDS: Testing and Privacy (with David Mayo and Frank Rhame) (1989)
 

Contributions to Books

The Role of Autonomy in Choosing Physician-Aid-in-Dying (with Tom Preston and David Mayo), Physician-Assisted Dying: The Case for Palliative Care and Patient Choice (2004)
 

Coverage of Complementary Health Care: Case Commentary, Ethical Challenges in Managed Care: A Casebook (1999)
 

Stoic Principles and Deep Ecology, Philosophy and Ecology (1999)