Parker Crutchfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 6686508 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Parker Crutchfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Parker |
| FAMILY NAME | Crutchfield |
| SIGNATURE | CRUTCHFIELD P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Michigan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8729-8561 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Freedom and mosquito control
As the climate continues to change, mosquito-borne illness will spread, especially in temperate areas. The most effective method of disease-preventing mosquito control is the community-wide application of insecticides. Although these chemicals are justifiably believed to be safe, some health agencies allow individuals to opt out of receiving the public health intervention. Unlike other public health interventions that allow opt-outs, we argue tha…
Moral dilemmas and slow codes
Slow codes—insincere attempts at resuscitation—are widely regarded in medicine and medical ethics as morally impermissible. My goal here is to enrich this special issue on the slow code with an argument for the permissibility of slow codes that is rooted in moral psychology. Specifically, if we take seriously the results from moral psychology, the slow code is not only permissible, it is often the best option. The context of the decision about wh…
Revisiting slow codes
Every year, a small group of Michigan clinical bioethicists get together for a retreat “Up North.” The invitation to attendees instructs them to “bring your best, most out-of-the-box idea.” We workshop these ideas using the step-back consultation method, where, following the presentation of an idea, the audience, rather than subject it to attack, must “take it over” and offer constructive ways to develop it further. The two of us are the early ri…
Beneficial Bloodsucking
The bite of the lone star tick spreads alpha‐gal syndrome (AGS), a condition whose only effect is the creation of a severe but nonfatal red meat allergy. Public health departments warn against lone star ticks and AGS, and scientists are working to develop an inoculation to AGS. Herein, we argue that if eating meat is morally impermissible, then efforts to prevent the spread of tickborne AGS are also morally impermissible. After explaining the sym…
Welfare, Abortion, and Organ Donation
We argued in a recent issue of this journal that if abortion is restricted, 1 then there are parallel obligations for parents to donate body parts to their children. The strength of this obligation to donate is proportional to the strength of the abortion restrictions. If abortion is never permissible, then a parent must always donate any organ if they are a match. If abortion is sometimes permissible and sometimes not, then organ donation is som…
Abolishing morality in biomedical ethics
In biomedical ethics, there is widespread acceptance of moral realism, the view that moral claims express a proposition and that at least some of these propositions are true. Biomedical ethics is also in the business of attributing moral obligations, such as “S should do X.” The problem, as we argue, is that against the background of moral realism, most of these attributions are erroneous or inaccurate. The typical obligation attribution issued b…
Ignorance and moral judgment
The Duty to Protect, Abortion, and Organ Donation
Some people oppose abortion on the grounds that fetuses have full moral status and thus a right to not be killed. We argue that special obligations that hold between mother and fetus also hold between parents and their children. We argue that if these special obligations necessitate the sacrifice of bodily autonomy in the case of abortion, then they also necessitate the sacrifice of bodily autonomy in the case of organ donation. If we accept the …
Two internal critiques for theists who oppose moral enhancement on a process virtue basis
Some bioconservatives reject the use of biotechnology for moral enhancement while simultaneously purporting to accept standard theism and process virtue. Standard theism holds that God is a personal, omniscient, omnibenevolent, omnipotent, transcendent being. Process virtue holds that virtue can only be obtained through a specific process and not by means of biotechnological shortcuts. For example, proponents of the view may claim that the virtue…
The Duty to Edit the Human Germline
Engendering moral post‐persons
Humans are morally deficient in a variety of ways. Some of these deficiencies threaten the continued existence of our species. For example, we appear to be incapable of responding to climate change in ways that are likely to prevent the consequent suffering. Some people are morally better than others, but we could all be better. The price of not becoming morally better is that when those events that threaten us occur, we will suffer from them. If…
Extrapolating from Laboratory Behavioral Research on Nonhuman Primates Is Unjustified
Conducting research on animals is supposed to be valuable because it provides information on how human mechanisms work. But for the use of animal models to be ethically justified, it must be epistemically justified. The inference from an observation about an animal model to a conclusion about humans must be warranted for the use of animals to be moral. When researchers infer from animals to humans, it’s an extrapolation. Often nonhuman primates a…
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Engendering moral post‐persons
Humans are morally deficient in a variety of ways. Some of these deficiencies threaten the continued existence of our species. For example, we appear to be incapable of responding to climate change in ways that are likely to prevent the consequent suffering. Some people are morally better than others, but we could all be better. The price of not becoming morally better is that when those events that threaten us occur, we will suffer from them. If…
Extrapolating from Laboratory Behavioral Research on Nonhuman Primates Is Unjustified
Conducting research on animals is supposed to be valuable because it provides information on how human mechanisms work. But for the use of animal models to be ethically justified, it must be epistemically justified. The inference from an observation about an animal model to a conclusion about humans must be warranted for the use of animals to be moral. When researchers infer from animals to humans, it’s an extrapolation. Often nonhuman primates a…
The Duty to Protect, Abortion, and Organ Donation
Some people oppose abortion on the grounds that fetuses have full moral status and thus a right to not be killed. We argue that special obligations that hold between mother and fetus also hold between parents and their children. We argue that if these special obligations necessitate the sacrifice of bodily autonomy in the case of abortion, then they also necessitate the sacrifice of bodily autonomy in the case of organ donation. If we accept the …
Two internal critiques for theists who oppose moral enhancement on a process virtue basis
Some bioconservatives reject the use of biotechnology for moral enhancement while simultaneously purporting to accept standard theism and process virtue. Standard theism holds that God is a personal, omniscient, omnibenevolent, omnipotent, transcendent being. Process virtue holds that virtue can only be obtained through a specific process and not by means of biotechnological shortcuts. For example, proponents of the view may claim that the virtue…
The Duty to Edit the Human Germline
Ignorance and moral judgment
Welfare, Abortion, and Organ Donation
We argued in a recent issue of this journal that if abortion is restricted, 1 then there are parallel obligations for parents to donate body parts to their children. The strength of this obligation to donate is proportional to the strength of the abortion restrictions. If abortion is never permissible, then a parent must always donate any organ if they are a match. If abortion is sometimes permissible and sometimes not, then organ donation is som…
Abolishing morality in biomedical ethics
In biomedical ethics, there is widespread acceptance of moral realism, the view that moral claims express a proposition and that at least some of these propositions are true. Biomedical ethics is also in the business of attributing moral obligations, such as “S should do X.” The problem, as we argue, is that against the background of moral realism, most of these attributions are erroneous or inaccurate. The typical obligation attribution issued b…
Moral dilemmas and slow codes
Slow codes—insincere attempts at resuscitation—are widely regarded in medicine and medical ethics as morally impermissible. My goal here is to enrich this special issue on the slow code with an argument for the permissibility of slow codes that is rooted in moral psychology. Specifically, if we take seriously the results from moral psychology, the slow code is not only permissible, it is often the best option. The context of the decision about wh…
Revisiting slow codes
Every year, a small group of Michigan clinical bioethicists get together for a retreat “Up North.” The invitation to attendees instructs them to “bring your best, most out-of-the-box idea.” We workshop these ideas using the step-back consultation method, where, following the presentation of an idea, the audience, rather than subject it to attack, must “take it over” and offer constructive ways to develop it further. The two of us are the early ri…
Beneficial Bloodsucking
The bite of the lone star tick spreads alpha‐gal syndrome (AGS), a condition whose only effect is the creation of a severe but nonfatal red meat allergy. Public health departments warn against lone star ticks and AGS, and scientists are working to develop an inoculation to AGS. Herein, we argue that if eating meat is morally impermissible, then efforts to prevent the spread of tickborne AGS are also morally impermissible. After explaining the sym…
Freedom and mosquito control
As the climate continues to change, mosquito-borne illness will spread, especially in temperate areas. The most effective method of disease-preventing mosquito control is the community-wide application of insecticides. Although these chemicals are justifiably believed to be safe, some health agencies allow individuals to opt out of receiving the public health intervention. Unlike other public health interventions that allow opt-outs, we argue tha…
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