Heather Lakey
Biographic Data
| ID | 6533530 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heather Lakey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heather |
| FAMILY NAME | Lakey |
| SIGNATURE | LAKEY H |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of the Atlantic |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Rethinking Regret
Antiabortionists in the United States have deployed the concept of “abortion regret” to justify the criminalization of abortion. To critique antiabortion arguments, I turn to Simone de Beauvoir’s The Ethics of Ambiguity . I draw on Beauvoir’s existential ethics to argue that moral decisions require the possibility of failure and regret, and that regret does not prove the inherent immorality of abortion. Ultimately, I show how Beauvoir’s ethics of…
The Many, the Wise, and the Marginalized
In this article, I propose that Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex instantiates a version of the endoxic method, a philosophical strategy practiced originally by Aristotle. After summarizing the methodological principles and the philosophical benefits of Aristotle's method, I argue that Beauvoir improves upon Aristotle's endoxic practice through her heightened focus on the endoxa of minority groups, in this case women. Despite this improvement, …
Appropriations of Informed Consent
In this article, I consider how politicians appropriate the informed consent process to disseminate antiabortion ideology in the United States. I expand on research conducted by the Guttmacher Institute to explore critically three rhetorical strategies that align the informed consent process with antiabortion ideology. I situate this cooption within societal practices that demean and dismiss women's moral agency and reproductive autonomy, and I u…
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Appropriations of Informed Consent
In this article, I consider how politicians appropriate the informed consent process to disseminate antiabortion ideology in the United States. I expand on research conducted by the Guttmacher Institute to explore critically three rhetorical strategies that align the informed consent process with antiabortion ideology. I situate this cooption within societal practices that demean and dismiss women's moral agency and reproductive autonomy, and I u…
The Many, the Wise, and the Marginalized
In this article, I propose that Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex instantiates a version of the endoxic method, a philosophical strategy practiced originally by Aristotle. After summarizing the methodological principles and the philosophical benefits of Aristotle's method, I argue that Beauvoir improves upon Aristotle's endoxic practice through her heightened focus on the endoxa of minority groups, in this case women. Despite this improvement, …
Rethinking Regret
Antiabortionists in the United States have deployed the concept of “abortion regret” to justify the criminalization of abortion. To critique antiabortion arguments, I turn to Simone de Beauvoir’s The Ethics of Ambiguity . I draw on Beauvoir’s existential ethics to argue that moral decisions require the possibility of failure and regret, and that regret does not prove the inherent immorality of abortion. Ultimately, I show how Beauvoir’s ethics of…
Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Abortion (1 work) · Alternative medicine (1 work) · Ambiguity (1 work) · Autonomy (1 work) · Criminalization (1 work)