MARK R. WICCLAIR
Department of Philosophy229 Magnolia Place
West VirginiaUniversityPittsburgh, PA15228
P.O. Box 6312(412) 531-7109
Morgantown, WV26506-6312
(304) 293-3641 ext. 33309
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FAX: (304) 293-7329
EDUCATION:
Ph.D.Philosophy, ColumbiaUniversity, 1976.
M. Phil.Philosophy, ColumbiaUniversity, 1974.
B.A.ReedCollege, 1966.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
Outstanding Public Service Award, EberlyCollege of ArtsSciences, West Virginia
University (WVU), 1996-97.
Benedum Distinguished Scholar Award, WVU, 1995-96.
Outstanding Researcher Award, EberlyCollege of Arts & Sciences, WVU, 1994-95.
Outstanding Teacher Award, WVU, 1988-89.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship for College Teachers and
Independent Scholars, 1988.
WVU Research Fellowship, 1988.
Outstanding Teacher Award, College of Arts & Sciences, WVU, 1987-88.
Humanities Foundation of West Virginia Fellowship, 1987.
Humanities Foundation of West Virginia Fellowship, 1979-80.
Council for Philosophical Studies Stipend, 1977.
LafayetteCollege Research Fellowship, 1977.
Chamberlain Fellowship, ColumbiaUniversity, 1973.
F.J.E. Woodbridge Distinguished Fellow, Columbia University, 1972-73.
Faculty Fellowship, Columbia University, 1968-71.
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1967-68.
Fulbright Fellowship, 1966-67.
Phi Beta Kappa, ReedCollege, 1966.
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
Current:Professor of Philosophy (since 1988) and Adjunct Professor of Community Medicine (since 1990), West VirginiaUniversity.
Fall 1994:Faculty, Semester at Sea.
1990-94:Associate Director, Center for Health Ethics and Law, WVU.
Spring 1994Visiting Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University of
Pittsburgh.
1992-93:Visiting Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh (1/93-6/93 and
1/92-6/92).
1989-91:Visiting Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University of
Pittsburgh (Spring 1989, 1990 and 1991).
1983-88:Associate Professor of Philosophy, WVU.
1978-83:Assistant Professor of Philosophy, WVU.
1976-78:Assistant Professor of Philosophy, LafayetteCollege.
1975-76:Instructor, LafayetteCollege.
1974-75:Adjunct Lecturer, CityUniversity of New York.
1972-74:Instructor, Columbia University.
1969-72:Preceptor, Columbia University.
COURSES TAUGHT:
Theoretical Foundations of Applied Ethics (graduate), Theoretical Foundations of Medical Ethics (graduate), Advanced Medical Ethics (graduate), Medical Ethics (graduate, medical school, and undergraduate), Ethical Theory, Current Moral Problems, Introduction to Ethics, Social Work Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy, Introduction to Philosophy, Aesthetics, Aesthetics of Film, Contemporary Civilization.
PUBLICATIONS (Sole Author):
BOOKS
Ethics and the Elderly. New York: OxfordUniversity Press, 1993.
ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
“Is Conscientious Objection Incompatible with a Physician’s Professional Obligations?” Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics (forthcoming).
“Conscientious Objection in Health Care: Negative and Positive Claims of Conscience,” Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Vol. 18, No. 1(Winter 2009—forthcoming).
“House and Medical Paternalism: You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” in Henry Jacoby, ed., House and Philosophy: Everybody Lies (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, forthcoming).
“Medical Paternalism in House, M.D.,” Medical Humanities (forthcoming).
"The Pedagogical Value of House, M.D.: Can a Fictional Unethical Physician be used to Teach Ethics?” The American Journal of Bioethics (forthcoming).
Ethics and Research with Deceased Patients," Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Vol. 17, No. 1 (January 2008).
“The Moral Significance of Claims of Conscience in Health Care,” The American Journal of Bioethics, Vol. 7, No. 12 (December 2007).
“Professionalism, Religion and Shared Decision-Making,” The American Journal of Bioethics, Vol. 7, No. 7 (July 2007).
“Reasons and Healthcare Professionals’ Claims of Conscience,” The American Journal of Bioethics, Vol. 7, No. 6 (June 2007).
“Conscientious Objection in Pharmacy,” Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3 (September 2006).
“Training on Newly Deceased Patients: An Ethical Analysis,” in Lynn Jansen, ed., Death in the Clinic (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005).
“Informed Consent and Research Involving the Newly Dead,” Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal Vol. 12, No. 4 (December 2002).
“Conscientious Objection in Medicine,” Bioethics Vol. 14, No. 3 (July 2000).
“Ethics, Community, and the Elderly: Health Care Decision-Making for Incompetent Elderly Patients,” in Michael Parker, ed., Ethics and Community in the Health Care Professions, (London: Routledge, 1999).
“What Can Be Learned About the Ethical Soundness of Medicare HMOs From Studies Comparing Them to Fee-For-Service Medicare?” Journal of Ethics, Law, and Aging Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring/Summer 1999).
“The Continuing Debate Over Risk-Related Standards of Competence,” Bioethics Vol. 13, No. 2 (April 1999).
“Futility: A Conceptual and Ethical Analysis,” in Thomas A. Mappes and David DeGrazia, eds., Biomedical Ethics, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996, 2000, and 2006).
“Mandatory Retirement: An Ethical Analysis,” Southwest Journal on Aging Vol. 11, No. 2 (1995).
“Medical Ethics in the United States,” Marmara Medical Journal (Istanbul, Turkey) Vol. 8, No. 4 (October 1995).
“Differentiating Ethical Decisions from Clinical Standards,” Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing Vol. 10, No. 5 (September/October 1991).
“Patient Decision-Making Capacity and Risk,” Bioethics Vol. 5, No. 2 (April, 1991).
“A Response to Brock and Skene,” Bioethics Vol. 5, No. 2 (April, 1991).
“Caring for Frail Elderly Parents: Past Parental Sacrifices and the Obligations of Adult Children,” Social Theory and Practice Vol. 16, No. 2 (Summer 1990).
“Feminism, Pornography, and Censorship,” in Thomas A. Mappes and Jane S. Zembaty, eds., Social Ethics, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Editions (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2002, and 2006).
“The Distinction between Medical and Ethical Decisions,” in Bruce Weinstein, ed., Ethics in the Hospital Setting, (Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 1986).
“Preferential Treatment and Desert,” Social Theory and Practice Vol. 12, No. 3 (Fall 1986).
“A Shield Right for Reporters vs. the Administration of Justice and the Right to a Fair Trial: Is there a Conflict?” Business & Professional Ethics Journal Vol. 4, No. 2 (Winter 1985-86).
“The Abortion Controversy and the Claim that This Body is Mine,” Social Theory and Practice Vol. 7, No. 3 (Fall 1981).
“Is Prostitution Morally Wrong?” Philosophy Research Archives VII, No. 3 (1981).
“Rawls and the Principle of Nonintervention,” in Gene Blocker and Elizabeth Smith, eds., John Rawls’ Theory of Social Justice, (Athens: Ohio University Press, 1980).
“Human Rights and Intervention,” in Peter G. Brown and Douglas MacLean, eds., Human Rights and United States Foreign Policy: Principles and Applications, (Lexington, Mass: Lexington Books, 1979).
“Film Theory and Hugo Munsterberg’s The Film: A Psychological Study,” The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Vol. 12, No. 3 (July 1978).
PUBLICATIONS (Co-Authored):
Rebecca Pentz, Cynthia Cohen, Mark Wicclair, et al., “Ethics Guidelines for Research with the Recently Dead,” Nature Medicine Vol. 11, No., 11 (November 2005).
Mark Wicclairand Gabriella Gosman, “Abortion,” in Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics, Carl Mitcham, ed. (Detroit, Macmillan Reference, 2005).
Laurel Yasko, Mark Wicclair, and Michael DeVita, “Committee for Oversight of Research Involving the Dead (CORID):Insights from the First Year,” Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare EthicsVol. 13, No. 4(2004).
Mark Wicclairand Michael DeVita, “Oversight of Research Involving the Dead,” Kennedy Institute of Ethics JournalVol. 14, No. 2 (June 2004).
Michael DeVita, Mark Wicclair, Dennis Swanson, Cindy Valenta, and Clifford Schold, “Research Involving the Newly Dead: An Institutional Response,” Critical Care Medicine Vol. 31, No. 5, Supplement (2003).
Rosa Lynn Pinkus, Gretchen Aumann, Mark Kuczewski, Ann Medsgar, Alan Meisel, Lisa Parker, and Mark Wicclair, “The Consortium Ethics Program: An Approach to Establishing a Permanent Regional Ethics Network,” HEC Forum Vol. 7, No. 1 (1995).
Mark Kuczewski, Mark R. Wicclair, Robert M. Arnold, Rosa Lynn Pinkus, and Gretchen M.E. Aumann, “Make My Case: Ethics Teaching and Case Presentations,” The Journal ofClinical Ethics Vol. 5, No. 4 (Winter 1994).
David Farkas and Mark R. Wicclair, “Ethical Reasoning in Technical Communication: A Practical Framework,” Technical Communication Vol. 31, No. 2 (Second Quarter 1984).
PUBLICATIONS REPRINTED IN ANTHOLOGIES:
“Feminism, Pornography, and Censorship,” in Thomas C. Carroll, Jr., Social Ethics (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 2006); Bruce N. Waller, ed., You Decide! Current Debates in Contemporary Moral Problems (New York: Longman, 2006); John Arthur, ed., Morality and Moral Controversies, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Editions (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999, 2002, 2005, and 2009); James E. White, ed., Contemporary Moral Problems, Fourth Edition (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1993); and Nancy Mason Bradbury and Arthur Quinn, eds., Audiences and Intentions (New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1991).
“The Abortion Controversy and the Claim that This Body is Mine” (Spanish translation), Margarita M. Valdes, ed., La Moralidad del Aborto (Coyoacan, Mexico: Instituto de Investigaciones Filosoficas-UNAM & Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1998).
“Ethical Reasoning in Technical Communication: A Practical Framework,” in R. J.
Brockman and F. Rook, eds., Technical Communication and Ethics (Washington, D.C.: Society for Technical Communication, 1987); D.C. Reep, Technical Writing: Principles,Strategies, and Readings (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1991); and M. Flammia, Perspectiveson the Profession of Technical Communication (Arlington, VA: Society for Technical Communication, 1995).
REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTES:
Patient Autonomy and the Ethics of Responsibility by Alfred I. Tauber, Journal of the American Medical AssociationVol. 295, No. 20 (May 2006).
Is There a Duty to Die? edited by James M. Humber and Robert F. Almeder, Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 284, No. 19 (November 15, 2000).
Making Medical Spending Decisions: The Law, Ethics, & Economics of Rationing
Mechanisms by Mark A. Hall, Medical Humanities Review Vol. 11, No. 2 (Fall 1997).
Clinical Bioethics: Theory and Practice in Medical-Ethical Decision Making by James F.Drane, Medical Humanities Review Vol. 9, No. 2 (Fall 1995).
Medicine, Money, and Morals: Physicians’ Conflicts of Interest by Marc A. Rodwin, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Vol. 183, No. 6 (June 1995).
The Ethics of Reproductive Technology edited by Kenneth D. Alpern, Ethics Vol. 105, No. 1 (October 1994).
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND
CONFERENCES:
“Is Conscientious Objection Incompatible with a Physician’s Professional Obligations?”2008 International Bioethics Retreat, Paris, France, June 2008.
“Is Conscientious Objection Incompatible with a Physician’s Professional Obligations?” Conference on Conscience and Clinical Practice: Medical Ethics in the face of Moral Controversy, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, March 2008.
“Conscientious Objection in Health Care: Negative and Positive Claims of Conscience,” Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH), Washington, D.C., October 2007.
“Conscientious Objection in Health Care: Negative and Positive Claims of Conscience,” 2007 International Bioethics Retreat, Cambridge, England, June 2007.
“Television’s House, M.D. and Medical Ethics,” 2007 International Bioethics Retreat, Cambridge, England, June 2007.
“Ethics and Research with Recently Deceased Patients,” 2006 International Bioethics Retreat, Pellegrue, France, June 2006.
“Bioethics on Television as Represented in House, M.D.,” Eighteenth Annual Bioethics Summer Retreat, Granlibakken Conference Center, Tahoe City, California, June 2006.
“Bioethics in Film and Television: Doctor-Patient Communication” (with Lucy Fischer), Seventeenth Annual Bioethics Summer Retreat, June 2005.
“University of Pittsburgh Committee for Oversight of Research Involving the Dead (CORID): the First Twenty-eight Months,” Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH), October 2004.
“University of Pittsburgh Committee for Oversight of Research Involving the Dead (CORID): the First Eighteen Months,” Caring Ethics at the End of Life: Crafting Ethical Guidelines for Research at the End of Life, Winship Cancer Institute, EmoryUniversity, February 2004.
“Informed Consent and Research Involving the Newly Dead,” Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH), October 2002.
“Post Mortem Reproduction: Cadaveric Sperm Procurement,” Thirteenth Annual Bioethics Summer Retreat, June 2001.
“Even After Death Do Us Part: Wives’ Requests for Postmortem Sperm Procurement,” Tenth Annual Meeting, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, March 2001.
“Conscientious Objection in Health Care,” Tenth Annual Bioethics Summer Retreat, June 1998.
“Forgoing Life Prolonging Treatment and Physician Assisted Suicide: What’s the
Difference?” Joint Meeting of the American Society of Bioethics, Society for Bioethics Consultation, and Society for Human Values (SHHV), November 1997.
“Building Local and Regional Ethics Networks,” (co-presenter), SHHV Annual Meeting, November 1993.
“Age-Rationing: The Fair Share and Natural Life Span Arguments,” Central Division
Meetings of the American Philosophical Association (APA), April 1990.
“Patient Decision-Making Capacity and Risk,” Pacific Division Meetings of the APA,
March 1990.
“Frail Elderly Parents and the Ethical Responsibility of Adult Children,” 35th Annual
Meeting of the American Society on Aging, March 1989.
“Censorship: A Plea for Fewer Distinctions” (commentary paper), Western Division
Meetings of the APA, April 1984.
“The Concept of Paternalism,” Western Division Meetings of the APA, April 1983.
“Another Defense of Abortion?” (commentary paper), Western Division Meetings of the APA, April 1982.
“The Abortion Controversy and the Claim that This Body is Mine,” Western Division
Meetings of the APA, April 1981.
“A Shield Right for Reporters vs. the Administration of Justice: Is there a Conflict?”
Eastern Division Meetings of the APA, December 1978.
“The Ethical Significance of Political Boundaries” (commentary paper), Pacific Division Meetings of the APA, March 1978.
“The Principle of Nonintervention: A Critical Examination of a Contractarian Justification,” Pacific Division Meetings of the APA, March 1978.
“Film and Mental Processes,” Western Division Meetings of the APA, April 1977.
“Distributive Criteria for Development Assistance,” (commentary paper), Conference on Justice, OhioUniversity, July 1976.
TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS:
“Conscientious Objection and Pharmacists’ Obligations,” The 10th Annual John W. Fisher II Lecture in Law and Medicine, College of Law, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, April 2008.
“Bodies…The Exhibition: They are Dead, so Why Does Consent Matter?” presentation for Jonas Salk Fellows, CarnegieScienceCenter, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2007.
“Medical Futility: A Conceptual and Ethical Analysis,” presentation for the Consortium Ethics Program (CEP), Warrendale, PA, December 2007 (The CEP is a regional ethics education network in Western Pennsylvania).
"Decision-Making Capacity and Surrogate Decision-Making,” 18th Annual CEP Retreat at the OgelbayResort & ConferenceCenter, Wheeling, WV, September 2007.
"Decision-Making Capacity: Uses and Abuses,” 18th Annual CEP Retreat at the OgelbayResort & ConferenceCenter, Wheeling, WV, September 2007.
“TV’s ‘House, M.D.’ and Medical Ethics,” West Virginia Network of Ethics Committees 20th Anniversary Celebration: “Health Care Ethics in the 21st Century: Current Perspectives,” Charleston, WV, May 2007.
“Limited Resuscitation and DNR Orders in the OR,” UPMCPassavantHospital, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2007.
“TV’s ‘House, M.D.’ and Medical Ethics,” presentation for the CEP, Warrendale, PA, May 2007.
“Autonomy and Long-Term Care,” Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Pittsburgh, PA, April 2007.
“Television’s House, M.D. and Medical Ethics,” Charleston Area Medical Center Health Education and Research Institute, Charleston, WV, April 2007.
“Autonomy and Aging Part II,” ThielCollege, Greenville, PA, November 2006.
“TV’s ‘House, M.D.’ and Medical Ethics,” West VirginiaUniversity, Morgantown, WV, October 2006.
"Doctor-Patient Communication in Film and Television," presentation with Lucy Fischer at the 17th Annual CEP Retreat at the Ogelbay Resort & Conference Center, Wheeling, WV, September 2006.
“Autonomy and Aging Part I,” ThielCollege, Greenville, PA, April 2006.
“Ethics and Research with Recently Deceased Patients,” presentation for the CEP, Warrendale, PA, March 2006.
“Analyzing Ethics Cases,” WesternPennsylvaniaHospital, Pittsburgh, PA, January 2006.
“Ethics and Training on the Newly Dead,” New YorkMedicalCollege and St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York, NY, January 2006.
“Decision-Making Capacity,” Corporate Care Management, University of PittsburghMedicalCenter, November 2005.
“What Can We Learn from the Terri Schiavo Case?” Tenth Annual Homecoming Lectures Program, West VirginiaUniversity, October 2005.
“Ethics in Clinical Practice,” ClarionHospital, Clarion, PA, June 2005.
“Decision Making Capacity: Principles and Practice,” presentation for the CEP, Warrendale, PA, June 2005.
“Media and Film: Shaping Expectations of Doctor-Patient Communication” (with Lucy Fischer), Fourteenth Annual Current Controversies in Medical Ethics Conference, University of PittsburghMedicalCenter (UPMC), April 2005.
“Journalism and Bioethics: the Terri Schiavo Case,” PointParkCollege, April 2005.
“What is Medical Futility?” presentation for the CEP, Warrendale, PA, March 2005.
“Medical Ethics in Clinical Practice,” presentation for the CEP, Warrendale, PA, February 2005.
“Fairness Between Generations: Is Old Age Ethically Relevant?” ThirteenthAnnualLadiesHospital Aid Society of Western Pennsylvania Controversies in Medical Ethics Conference, University of PittsburghMedicalCenter (UPMC), April 2004.
“Ethics in Research on the Effects of Traffic Accidents Involving Pregnant Women Drivers: A Case Study,” University Community Leaders and Individuals with Disabilities (UCLID), Pittsburgh, PA, March 2004.
“Ethics in Research,” Faculty Development Program, West VirginiaUniversityHealthSciencesCenter, February 2004.
“End of Life Decision-Making,” presentation for the CEP, Warrendale, PA, February 2004.
“Ethics, Moral Philosophy, and Research,” West VirginiaUniversityHealthSciencesCenter, October 2003.
“Too Old for Life-Sustaining Treatment? Ethics and Age-Rationing,” Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System, September 2003.
“Ethics, Developmental Disabilities, and Research,” UCLID, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2003.
“Can the Dead Be Harmed?” Sixth Annual In-House Philosophy Conference, West VirginiaUniversity, March 2003.
“Conscientious Objection in Medicine,” St. VincentMedicalCenter/New York Medical College, New York, NY, December 2002.
“Too Old for Life-Sustaining Treatment? Ethics and Age-Rationing,” Division of Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds, University of PittsburghSchool of Medicine, September 2002.
“Too Old for Life-Sustaining Treatment? Ethics and Age-Rationing,” presentation for the CEP, Warrendale, PA, June 2002.
“Ethics in Clinical Practice,” Indiana Hospital, Indiana, PA, April 2002.
“Even at Death We Do Not Part: Wives’ Requests for Postmortem Sperm Procurement,” Bioethics Grand Rounds, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, February 2002.
“Ethics in Clinical Practice,” presentation for the CEP, Warrendale, PA, February 2002.
“The Maltese Conjoined Twins: An Ethical Analysis,” Alpha Epsilon Delta (West
VirginiaUniversity Premedical Student Honorary Society), Morgantown, WV, September 2001.
“Ethical Decision-Making about Life-Sustaining Treatment,” UPMC Southside, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2001.
“Ethics in Clinical Practice,” presentation for the CEP, Warrendale, PA,
January 2001.
“Ethical Issues in Health Care for the Elderly,” First International Conference on Rural Aging, Charleston, WV, June 2000.
“Deciding Whether to Forgo Life-Sustaining Treatment,” Suburban GeneralHospital,
Bellevue, PA, May 2000.
“Decision-Making Capacity: Principles and Applications,” ShadysideHospital, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2000.
“Ethical Issues in Managed Care,” Pittsburgh Obstetrics/Gynecology Society, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2000.
“Informed Consent: Why Bother?” St. Clair Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, February 2000.
“Conscientious Objection and Nursing,” Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, July 1999.