Edward Stein
Biographic Data
| ID | 3750595 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward Stein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Stein |
| SIGNATURE | STEIN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yeshiva University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2323-6185 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Seventh roundtable on nonmarriage and the law: Introduction
None of the authors have a conflict of interest to disclose. Research data are not shared
Legal and Ethical Concerns about Sexual Orientation Change Efforts
The United States has recently made significant and positive civil rights gains for LGB people, including expanded recognition of marriages between people of the same sex. Among the central tropes that have emerged in the struggle for the rights of LGB people are that they are “born that way,” that sexual orientations cannot change, and that one's sexual orientation is not affected by choice. Writer Andrew Sullivan put it this way: “[H]omosexuali…
Forms of Desire: Sexual Orientation and the Social Constructionist Controversy
Perhaps the foremost issue in the emerging area of inquiry known as lesbian and gay studies is the social constructionist controversy. Social constructionism is the view that the categories of sexual orientation are cultural constructs rather than naturally universal categories. Forms of Desire brings together important essays by social constructionists and their critics, representing several disciplines and approaches to this debate about the hi…
Commentary on the Treatment of Gender Variant and Gender Dysphoric Children and Adolescents: Common Themes and Ethical Reflections
This commentary offers preliminary ethical reflections on the range of treatments for gender variant and gender dysphoric children, adolescents, and young adults described in the preceding five clinical articles. After clarifying the terminology used to discuss these issues, this commentary reviews several common themes of the clinical articles. Focusing on ethical values of informed consent, full disclosure, the minimization or avoidance of harm…
Sexual Orientations, Rights, and the Body: Immutability, Essentialism, and Nativism
Both advocates and opponents of lesbian, gay, and bisexual rights (LGB rights) make reference to whether and how sexual orientations are embodied, namely whether one's sexual orientation is innate, unchangeable, or a "natural fact". In particular, in the United States, discussion centers on whether LGB people are "born that way" or "choose" to be gay. In litigation about LGB rights, this discussion connects to the so-called immutability factor in…
Gay Gene
The idea that a gene or set of genes makes some people sexually attracted to people of the same sex has become widely accepted over the past few decades. However, scientific evidence supporting the existence of a gay gene is inconclusive and the political and legal rationale some scientists have for the “search for the gay gene” (Hamer & Copeland 1994) is dubious
Same‐Sex Cultures and Sexualities: An Anthropological Reader
Introduction: Sexualizing anthropology's fields (Jennifer Robertson). Part 1: Anthropology's Sexual Fields. 1. Anthropology rediscovers sexuality: A theoretical comment. (Carole Vance). 2. Biological determinism and homosexuality. (Bonnie Spanier). 3. Feminisms, queer theories, and the archaeological study of past sexualities. (Barbara Voss). 4. No. (Don Kulick). 5. Resources for lesbian ethnographic research in the lavender archives. (Alisa Klin…
From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice
Book Review| January 01 2002 FROM CHANCE TO CHOICE: GENETICS AND JUSTICE FROM CHANCE TO CHOICE: GENETICS AND JUSTICE. By Allen Buchanan, Dan W. Brock, Norman Daniels, and Daniel Wikler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. xiv, 398 Edward Stein Edward Stein Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2002) 111 (1): 130–132. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-111-1-130 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Sh…
From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice
This book, written by four internationally renowned bioethicists and first published in 2000, was the first systematic treatment of the fundamental ethical issues underlying the application of genetic technologies to human beings. Probing the implications of the remarkable advances in genetics, the authors ask how should these affect our understanding of distributive justice, equality of opportunity, the rights and obligations as parents, the mea…
Without Good Reason
Invoking Natural Law
The ethics of genetic research on sexual orientation
Research into the genetic component of some complex behaviors often causes controversy, depending on the social meaning and significance of the behavior under study. Research into sexual orientation-simplistically referred to as "gay gene" research-is an example of research that provokes intense controversy. This research is worrisome for many reasons, including the fact that it has been used to harm lesbians and gay men. Many homosexual people h…
The Ethics of Genetic Research on Sexual Orientation
Can We Be Justified in Believing that Humans Are Irrational
In this paper, the author considers an argument against the thesis that humans are irrational in the sense that we reason according to principles that differ from those we ought to follow. The argument begins by noting that if humans are irrational, we should not trust the results of our reasoning processes. If we are justified in believing that humans are irrational, then, since this belief results from a reasoning process, we should not accept …
Cordoning competence: A reply to Cohen
Dressing Across the Great Divide
Rationality and reflective equilibrium
The Relevance of Scientific Research About Sexual Orientation to Lesbian and Gay Rights
This essay considers the way in which scientific research is relevant to questions of lesbian and gay rights. It is specifically argued that such research is not relevant to these kinds of arguments because its results about the origins of sexual orientation do not necessarily-and should not be taken to-imply conclusions about moral entitlements. Questions about the moral and civic entitlements of gay men and lesbians are not bolstered or advance…
Evidence for Queer Genes: An Interview with Richard Pillard
Research Article| November 01 1993 Evidence for Queer Genes: An Interview with Richard Pillard Edward Stein Edward Stein Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (1993) 1 (1): 93–110. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-1-1-93 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Edward Stein; Evidence for Queer Genes: An Interview with Richard Pillard. GLQ 1 November 1993; 1 (1): 93–110. doi: https://doi.org…
Forms of desire: Sexual orientation and the social constructionist controversy
Perhaps the foremost issue in the emerging area of inquiry known as lesbian and gay studies is the social constructionist controversy. Social constructionism is the view that the categories of sexual orientation are cultural constructs rather than naturally universal categories. Forms of Desire brings together important essays by social constructionists and their critics, representing several disciplines and approaches to this debate about the hi…
Commentary on the Treatment of Gender Variant and Gender Dysphoric Children and Adolescents: Common Themes and Ethical Reflections
This commentary offers preliminary ethical reflections on the range of treatments for gender variant and gender dysphoric children, adolescents, and young adults described in the preceding five clinical articles. After clarifying the terminology used to discuss these issues, this commentary reviews several common themes of the clinical articles. Focusing on ethical values of informed consent, full disclosure, the minimization or avoidance of harm…
The Relevance of Scientific Research About Sexual Orientation to Lesbian and Gay Rights
This essay considers the way in which scientific research is relevant to questions of lesbian and gay rights. It is specifically argued that such research is not relevant to these kinds of arguments because its results about the origins of sexual orientation do not necessarily-and should not be taken to-imply conclusions about moral entitlements. Questions about the moral and civic entitlements of gay men and lesbians are not bolstered or advance…
Sexual Orientations, Rights, and the Body: Immutability, Essentialism, and Nativism
Both advocates and opponents of lesbian, gay, and bisexual rights (LGB rights) make reference to whether and how sexual orientations are embodied, namely whether one's sexual orientation is innate, unchangeable, or a "natural fact". In particular, in the United States, discussion centers on whether LGB people are "born that way" or "choose" to be gay. In litigation about LGB rights, this discussion connects to the so-called immutability factor in…
Can We Be Justified in Believing that Humans Are Irrational
In this paper, the author considers an argument against the thesis that humans are irrational in the sense that we reason according to principles that differ from those we ought to follow. The argument begins by noting that if humans are irrational, we should not trust the results of our reasoning processes. If we are justified in believing that humans are irrational, then, since this belief results from a reasoning process, we should not accept …
Forms of desire: Sexual orientation and the social constructionist controversy
Perhaps the foremost issue in the emerging area of inquiry known as lesbian and gay studies is the social constructionist controversy. Social constructionism is the view that the categories of sexual orientation are cultural constructs rather than naturally universal categories. Forms of Desire brings together important essays by social constructionists and their critics, representing several disciplines and approaches to this debate about the hi…
Evidence for Queer Genes: An Interview with Richard Pillard
Research Article| November 01 1993 Evidence for Queer Genes: An Interview with Richard Pillard Edward Stein Edward Stein Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (1993) 1 (1): 93–110. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-1-1-93 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Edward Stein; Evidence for Queer Genes: An Interview with Richard Pillard. GLQ 1 November 1993; 1 (1): 93–110. doi: https://doi.org…
Cordoning competence: A reply to Cohen
Dressing Across the Great Divide
Rationality and reflective equilibrium
The Relevance of Scientific Research About Sexual Orientation to Lesbian and Gay Rights
This essay considers the way in which scientific research is relevant to questions of lesbian and gay rights. It is specifically argued that such research is not relevant to these kinds of arguments because its results about the origins of sexual orientation do not necessarily-and should not be taken to-imply conclusions about moral entitlements. Questions about the moral and civic entitlements of gay men and lesbians are not bolstered or advance…
The Ethics of Genetic Research on Sexual Orientation
Can We Be Justified in Believing that Humans Are Irrational
In this paper, the author considers an argument against the thesis that humans are irrational in the sense that we reason according to principles that differ from those we ought to follow. The argument begins by noting that if humans are irrational, we should not trust the results of our reasoning processes. If we are justified in believing that humans are irrational, then, since this belief results from a reasoning process, we should not accept …
Invoking Natural Law
The ethics of genetic research on sexual orientation
Research into the genetic component of some complex behaviors often causes controversy, depending on the social meaning and significance of the behavior under study. Research into sexual orientation-simplistically referred to as "gay gene" research-is an example of research that provokes intense controversy. This research is worrisome for many reasons, including the fact that it has been used to harm lesbians and gay men. Many homosexual people h…
Without Good Reason
From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice
Book Review| January 01 2002 FROM CHANCE TO CHOICE: GENETICS AND JUSTICE FROM CHANCE TO CHOICE: GENETICS AND JUSTICE. By Allen Buchanan, Dan W. Brock, Norman Daniels, and Daniel Wikler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. xiv, 398 Edward Stein Edward Stein Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2002) 111 (1): 130–132. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-111-1-130 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Sh…
From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice
This book, written by four internationally renowned bioethicists and first published in 2000, was the first systematic treatment of the fundamental ethical issues underlying the application of genetic technologies to human beings. Probing the implications of the remarkable advances in genetics, the authors ask how should these affect our understanding of distributive justice, equality of opportunity, the rights and obligations as parents, the mea…
Same‐Sex Cultures and Sexualities: An Anthropological Reader
Introduction: Sexualizing anthropology's fields (Jennifer Robertson). Part 1: Anthropology's Sexual Fields. 1. Anthropology rediscovers sexuality: A theoretical comment. (Carole Vance). 2. Biological determinism and homosexuality. (Bonnie Spanier). 3. Feminisms, queer theories, and the archaeological study of past sexualities. (Barbara Voss). 4. No. (Don Kulick). 5. Resources for lesbian ethnographic research in the lavender archives. (Alisa Klin…
Gay Gene
The idea that a gene or set of genes makes some people sexually attracted to people of the same sex has become widely accepted over the past few decades. However, scientific evidence supporting the existence of a gay gene is inconclusive and the political and legal rationale some scientists have for the “search for the gay gene” (Hamer & Copeland 1994) is dubious
Sexual Orientations, Rights, and the Body: Immutability, Essentialism, and Nativism
Both advocates and opponents of lesbian, gay, and bisexual rights (LGB rights) make reference to whether and how sexual orientations are embodied, namely whether one's sexual orientation is innate, unchangeable, or a "natural fact". In particular, in the United States, discussion centers on whether LGB people are "born that way" or "choose" to be gay. In litigation about LGB rights, this discussion connects to the so-called immutability factor in…
Commentary on the Treatment of Gender Variant and Gender Dysphoric Children and Adolescents: Common Themes and Ethical Reflections
This commentary offers preliminary ethical reflections on the range of treatments for gender variant and gender dysphoric children, adolescents, and young adults described in the preceding five clinical articles. After clarifying the terminology used to discuss these issues, this commentary reviews several common themes of the clinical articles. Focusing on ethical values of informed consent, full disclosure, the minimization or avoidance of harm…
Forms of Desire: Sexual Orientation and the Social Constructionist Controversy
Perhaps the foremost issue in the emerging area of inquiry known as lesbian and gay studies is the social constructionist controversy. Social constructionism is the view that the categories of sexual orientation are cultural constructs rather than naturally universal categories. Forms of Desire brings together important essays by social constructionists and their critics, representing several disciplines and approaches to this debate about the hi…
Legal and Ethical Concerns about Sexual Orientation Change Efforts
The United States has recently made significant and positive civil rights gains for LGB people, including expanded recognition of marriages between people of the same sex. Among the central tropes that have emerged in the struggle for the rights of LGB people are that they are “born that way,” that sexual orientations cannot change, and that one's sexual orientation is not affected by choice. Writer Andrew Sullivan put it this way: “[H]omosexuali…
Seventh roundtable on nonmarriage and the law: Introduction
None of the authors have a conflict of interest to disclose. Research data are not shared
Psychology (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Sexual orientation (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Lesbian (4 works)