Frances Kamm, PFC Senior Fellow 2007-08

Professor of Philosophy in the Harvard Philosophy Department and Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government. Her research is on nonconsequentialist normative ethical theory and topics in applied ethics, including bioethics, the distribution of scarce resources, and just-war theory. Her scholarship includes the books Creation and Abortion (1992); Morality, Mortality, Vol. 1: Death and Whom to Save From It (1993); Morality, Mortality Vol. 2: Rights, Duties, and Status (1996); and her most recent book, Intricate Ethics: Rights, Responsibilities, and Permissible Harm (2007), all from Oxford University Press. She is a member of the editorial boards of Philosophy & Public Affairs, Legal Theory, Bioethics, and Utilitas and was a consultant on ethics to the World Health Organization. During her fellowship, Dr. Kamm conducted research for a book on bioethics.