On Saving Preterm Infants: A Plea for Sensible Ontology

ACADEMIC DEGREES Ph.D. in Philosophy, 1989, Georgetown University (4.0 GPA); comprehensive exams in Ethical Theory, Bioethics, and Epistemology (all passed with distinction); dissertation: Interests, Intuition, and Moral Status (supervisor: Tom Beauchamp; readers: Wayne Davis, Tom Regan, R. G. Frey) M.St. in Philosophy, 1987, University of Oxford; Moral Philosophy with James Griffin (supervisor), Wittgenstein with David Pears B.A. with a major in Philosophy, 1983, University of Chicago (Phi Beta Kappa); thesis advisor: A.W.H. Adkins; freshman and sophomore years at the University of Maryland, College Park (Honors Program)

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