Robert S Morison
Biographic Data
| ID | 137156 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert S Morison |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert S |
| FAMILY NAME | Morison |
| SIGNATURE | MORISON R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1936 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Doing What Comes Naturally
The Biological Limits on Autonomy
Morison contends that an ethics based on the maximization of autonomy\nis doubly fallacious, pragmatically because it weakens the individual's sense\nof responsibility to the human community, and philosophically because of\ninherent problems in defining the concept. He finds it essential for some\npurposes to think of individuals as free to make choices and for other\npurposes to think of these choices as simultaneously determined by a host of\nd…
Needs, Leads, and Indicators
Bioethics after Two Decades
On Ethics, Gyroscopes, and Radar Sets
E thics and regulation are quite different things. Each has an important role to play, but I believe current efforts to substitute public regulation for personal ethics are likely to be disastrous. In order to defend this position, I will give a brief, biased, anecdotal review of personal experience in a changing world. One of the very great differences between the way the world was when I was growing up and the way it is now is to be found in th…
Technology and the 'Good Old Docs'
D ust jacket comment and published reviews find much to praise in this little book, but different commentators pick out rather different parts to admire. As he so often does, Franz Ingelfinger (the former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine) hits one nail firmly on the head when he says (on the dust jacket): . .. an enjoyable book, written for the layman, which describes to him or her the beginning of technology with emphasis on such ba…
Sociobiology
Aboard the Lifeboat Debate
Rights and Responsibilities
Case Studies in Bioethics
Death and the Value of Life
The Timely and the Timeless
The Timely and the Timeless: The Interrelationships of Science, Education, and Society." The Journal of Higher Education, 42(2), pp. 165–166
The Contemporary University
Journal Article The Contemporary University: U.S.A. Ed. by Robert S. Morison. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. xvi + 364 pp. Notes and index. $6.50.) Get access Dexter Perkins Dexter Perkins University of Rochester Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 54, Issue 2, September 1967, Pages 457–458, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894884 Published: 01 September 1967
Gradualness, gradualness, gradualness
The Medical Career and Other Papers
From a Surgeon's Journal
From a Surgeon's Journal
The Medical Career and Other Papers
Gradualness, gradualness, gradualness
The Contemporary University
Journal Article The Contemporary University: U.S.A. Ed. by Robert S. Morison. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. xvi + 364 pp. Notes and index. $6.50.) Get access Dexter Perkins Dexter Perkins University of Rochester Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 54, Issue 2, September 1967, Pages 457–458, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894884 Published: 01 September 1967
Death and the Value of Life
The Timely and the Timeless
The Timely and the Timeless: The Interrelationships of Science, Education, and Society." The Journal of Higher Education, 42(2), pp. 165–166
Case Studies in Bioethics
Rights and Responsibilities
Aboard the Lifeboat Debate
Sociobiology
Technology and the 'Good Old Docs'
D ust jacket comment and published reviews find much to praise in this little book, but different commentators pick out rather different parts to admire. As he so often does, Franz Ingelfinger (the former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine) hits one nail firmly on the head when he says (on the dust jacket): . .. an enjoyable book, written for the layman, which describes to him or her the beginning of technology with emphasis on such ba…
On Ethics, Gyroscopes, and Radar Sets
E thics and regulation are quite different things. Each has an important role to play, but I believe current efforts to substitute public regulation for personal ethics are likely to be disastrous. In order to defend this position, I will give a brief, biased, anecdotal review of personal experience in a changing world. One of the very great differences between the way the world was when I was growing up and the way it is now is to be found in th…
Bioethics after Two Decades
Needs, Leads, and Indicators
The Biological Limits on Autonomy
Morison contends that an ethics based on the maximization of autonomy\nis doubly fallacious, pragmatically because it weakens the individual's sense\nof responsibility to the human community, and philosophically because of\ninherent problems in defining the concept. He finds it essential for some\npurposes to think of individuals as free to make choices and for other\npurposes to think of these choices as simultaneously determined by a host of\nd…
Doing What Comes Naturally
Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Bioethics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)