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Joan McGregor

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SHPRS Philosophy Faculty
Professor
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 4302
SHPRS Leadership
Faculty Head & Professor, Philosophy
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 4302
Affiliate Faculty, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict
Professor
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 4302
Sustainability Scientists and Scholars
Senior Sustainability Scientist
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 4302
Biography: 

Joan McGregor’s current research interests are focused on a number of questions in moral and legal philosophy.

Bioethics and environmental ethics join in research on the moral issues in sustainability. One of the most pressing sustainability questions pertains to modern food systems. Contemporary food systems are complex and multinational, involving workers and consumers from diverse cultures and economies. These systems must be capable of feeding large culturally varied populations without compromising social justice, human health, and the health of the planet.  These questions are multifaceted and require approaches and methods from a variety of disciplines. In order to tackle these challenges, McGregor’s current  project is directing "Just Food," a multi-year, transdisciplinary project designed to research moral and cultural questions related to modern food production and consumption, including the consideration of the unintended consequences of the practices and technologies that we develop in our food systems.

McGregor directed three National Endowment for the Humanities summer institutes on sustainability, “Fierce Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and the Foundations of the Land Ethic” in 2009 and in 2011, “Beyond the Land Ethics: Sustainability and Humanities”, "Extending the Land Ethic."

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Education: 
  • Ph.D. Philosophy; minor in Law, University of Arizona 1985. Dissertation: A Critical Analysis of Coercion and Its Application to Contract Law. Honors: Woodrow Wilson Foundation: Charlotte Newcombe Fellowship. Dissertation Directors: Joel Feinberg and Jules Coleman
  • M.A. Philosophy, University of Arizona 1982
  • B.A. Philosophy (Honors), University of California-Davis 1979
Research Interests: 

Ethics of Sustainability, Food Justice, Legal Philosophy, Practical Philosophy

Publications: 
  • Joan McGregor. "Eating Right: Eating Local or Global". Social Philosophy Today (2014).
  • Joan McGregor. "Enhancing Humans and Sustainability: The Reunion of Bioethics and Environmental Ethics". De Ethica. A Journal of Philosophical, Theological and Applied Ethics (2014).
  • Joan McGregor. "Eat Right: Eating Local or Global". Societas Ethica's Conference Proceedings : Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings (2014).
  • joan mcGregor. Commentary on Nathanson’s Terrorism and the Ethics of War. Social Philosophy Today, (2012).
  • Joan McGregor. "The Legal Heritage of the Crime of Rape. The Handbook on Sexual Violence eds (2012).
  • Joan McGregor. "Transhumanism and Obligations to Future Generations". Building Better Humans: Refocusing the Debate Transhumanism (2012).
  • Joan L. McGregor, Mohamed Y. Rady, Joseph L. Verheijd. Can we justify organ donation without the dead donor rule?". APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine (2010).
  • Joan McGregor. "Racial, Ethnic, and Tribal Classifications in Biomedical Research and Group Harm". The American Journal of Bioethics, (2010).
  • Joseph Verheijde, Mohamed Rady, Joan McGregor. "Seeking to Reconcile End-of-Life Organ Procurement for Transplantation With the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA)" letter to the editor. Critical Care Crit Care Med (2010).
  • Mohamed Rady, Joseph Verheijde, Joan McGregor. "Scientific, Legal, and Ethical Challenges of End-of-Life Organ Procurement in Emergency Medicine". Resuscitation (2010).
  • Aaron Rizzieri, Joseph Verheijde, Mohamed Rady, Joan McGregor. "Ethical Challenges with the left Ventricular Assist Device as a Destination Therapy Philosophy". Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, (2008).
  • Joan McGregor. "Reconciling new organ donation laws with the patient’s autonomy and rights to self determination of medical care at the end of life" letter to the editor. Mayo Clinic Proceedings (2008).
  • Joan McGregor. "Why John Stuart Mill Would Support Restriction on DTC Marketing of Genetic Tests". The American Journal of Bioethics, (2008).
  • Joseph L. Verheijde, Mohamed Y. Rady, Joan L. McGregor. "Do donation after cardiac death protocols violate criminal homicide statutes?". Medicine and Law Journal, (2008).
  • Joseph Verheijde, Mohamed Rady, Joan McGregor. Catherine Frederich-Murray. "Enforcement of presumed-consent policy and willingness to donate organs as identified in the European Survey: The role of legislation in reinforcing ideology in pluralistic societies". Health Policy 2008: (2008).
  • Mohamed Y. Rady, Joseph L. Verheijde, Joan McGregor, . "Organ Procurement after Cardio circulatory Death: A Critical Analysis.". Journal of Intensive Care Medicine (2008).
  • Joan McGregor. Undue Influence as Coercive Offers in Clinical Trials. Coercion and the State (2008).
  • Joan McGregor. Genome Justice: Genetics and Groups introduction and one article "Ethical Implications of Genetics Research with Groups". Law, Medicine, Ethics (2007).
  • Joan McGregor. Research Ethics for Genetic Research for Native Americans. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics (2007).
  • Joan McGregor, Frédérique Dreifuss-Netter. France and the United States: The Legal and Ethical Differences in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). Medicine and Law Journal (2007).
  • Joseph L. Verheijde, Mohamed Y. Rady, Joan L. McGregor, . "Defining the Scope of Implied Consent in the Emergency Department: Shortchanging Patients’ Right to Self Determination". American Journal of Bioethics (2007).
  • Sandra Woien, Mohamed Rady, Joseph Verheijde, Joan McGregor. Organ procurement organizations Internet enrollment for organ donation: Abandoning informed consent. BMC Medical Ethics, vol 7, 2007 (2007).
  • Joan McGregor. Does the use of human subjects in research in developing nations violate their human rights? Is so, are Reparations an appropriate response?. Journal of Social Philosophy, (2006).
  • Joan McGregor. Does the use of Human Subjects in Research in Developing Nations Violate their Human Rights?, If so, are Reparations an Appropriate response?". Journal of Social Philosophy (2006).
  • Joan McGregor. No Moral Absolutes. The American Journal of Bioethics, (forthcoming) (2006).
  • Joan McGregor. This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land. A Philosophical Reflection on Natural Rights to Property and Environmental Regulations (2006).
  • Mohamed Rady, Joseph Verheijde, Joan McGregor. Organ Donation after Circulatory Death: The Forgotten Donor?. Critical Care 2006; 10:166-160 (2006).
  • Mohamed Rady, Joseph Verheijde, Joan McGregor. Recovery of Transplantable Organs after Cardiac or Circulatory death: The End Justifying the Means. Critical Care Medicine (2006).
  • Mohamed Rady, Joseph Verheijde, Joan McGregor. Recovery of Transplantable Organs after Cardiac or Circulatory death: The End Justifying the Means., letter to editor. Critical Care Medicine, 12/2006 (2006).
  • Mohamed Rady, Joseph Verheijde, Joan McGregor. The Importance of Being dead. non heart beating donation. Canadian Medical Association Journal, letter to editor (2006).
  • Joan McGregor. 'Undue Inducement' as Coercive Offers. The American Journal of Bioethics, Vol 5, no.5 2005 (2005).
  • McGregor, Joan Lucy. Acquaintance Rape: Taking Women's Consent Seriously. (2005).
  • McGregor, Joan Lucy. Is it Rape?. (2005).
  • . . War and Border Crossing: Ethics when Cultures Clash (2005).
  • Joan McGregor. Culture Clash in Bioethics. Culture Clash (2004).
  • . . Civility and its Discontents (2004).
  • Joan McGregor. Law's failure to PRotect Women's Sexual Autonomy as Injustice. Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (2003).
  • McGregor, Joan. Law's Failure to Protect Women's Sexual Autonomy as Injustice. (2003).
  • . . Review of: Genes and Future People (2002).
  • . . Review of: A Most Detestable Crime (2001).
  • McGregor, Joan Lucy (Author) . Group Values and Liberal Democracy. Groups and Group Rights (2001).
  • McGregor, Joan Lucy. Value, Ethics, and Personal Responsibility. (2000).
  • Joan McGregor Jameson Wetmore. "Researching and Teaching the Ethics and Social Implications of Emerging Technologies in the Laboratory". Nanoethics Volume 3, Issue1 (2009) (0).
  • Joseph Verheijde, Mohamed Rady, Joan McGregor. "Brain death, states of impaired consciousness, and physician-assisted death for end-of-life organ donation and transplantation". Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy Volume 12, Number 4 / November, 2009 3 (0).
  • Joseph Verheijde, Mohamed Rady, Joan McGregor. Presumed consent for organ preservation in uncontrolled donation after cardiac death in the United States: a public policy with serious consequences. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2009, 4:15 (0).
Research Activity: 
Spring 2021
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 312Bioethics
PHI 320Bioethics
PHI 420Topics in Philosophy
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
SOS 494Special Topics
SOS 499Individualized Instruction
PHI 522Ethics of Sustainability
REL 599Thesis
PHI 599Thesis
REL 792Research
PHI 792Research
REL 799Dissertation
PHI 799Dissertation
Fall 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
PHI 307Philosophy of Law
BIO 312Bioethics
PHI 320Bioethics
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
PHI 494Special Topics
SLC 598Special Topics
SOS 598Special Topics
SFS 598Special Topics
PHI 598Special Topics
HUL 598Special Topics
ENG 598Special Topics
PHI 599Thesis
REL 599Thesis
REL 792Research
PHI 792Research
PHI 799Dissertation
REL 799Dissertation
Spring 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
PHI 307Philosophy of Law
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
PHI 599Thesis
REL 599Thesis
REL 792Research
PHI 792Research
REL 799Dissertation
PHI 799Dissertation
Fall 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 312Bioethics
PHI 320Bioethics
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
REL 599Thesis
PHI 599Thesis
REL 792Research
PHI 792Research
REL 799Dissertation
PHI 799Dissertation
Spring 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
PHI 307Philosophy of Law
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
PHI 494Special Topics
PHI 599Thesis
REL 599Thesis
REL 792Research
PHI 792Research
REL 799Dissertation
PHI 799Dissertation
Fall 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 312Bioethics
PHI 320Bioethics
BIO 493Honors Thesis
SOS 494Special Topics
SLC 494Special Topics
PHI 494Special Topics
HUL 494Special Topics
PHI 592Research
REL 599Thesis
PHI 599Thesis
REL 792Research
PHI 792Research
REL 799Dissertation
PHI 799Dissertation
Spring 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
PHI 420Topics in Philosophy
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
PHI 494Special Topics
PHI 522Ethics of Sustainability
PHI 592Research
PHI 599Thesis
REL 792Research
PHI 792Research
REL 799Dissertation
PHI 799Dissertation
Fall 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
PHI 307Philosophy of Law
BIO 312Bioethics
PHI 320Bioethics
BIO 493Honors Thesis
PHI 494Special Topics
PHI 599Thesis
REL 792Research
PHI 792Research
REL 799Dissertation
PHI 799Dissertation
Spring 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
PHI 584Internship
REL 792Research
PHI 792Research
REL 799Dissertation
PHI 799Dissertation
Fall 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 493Honors Thesis
PHI 799Dissertation
Presentations: 
  • Joan McGregor. Ethics and Indigenous Sustainability. ASU Indigenous Sustainability Conference (Nov 2014).
  • Joan McGregor. "Why Food Citizenship?". AMINTAPHIL conference (Oct 2014).
  • Joan McGregor. Conversation with Vandana Shiva. Conversation with Vendana Shiva (Oct 2014).
  • Joan McGregor. "The Ethics of Tranplantation". NATCO (National Association of Transplant Professionals) (Nov 2013).
  • Joan McGregor. "Ethical Eating and Sustainability". "Climate change, sustainability, and an ethics for an open future" Netherlands (Aug 2013).
  • Joan McGregor. "Eating Right: Local or Global". NASSP Conference at Quinnipiac University (Jul 2013).
  • Joan McGregor. "Conceptual and Practical Connections between Feminist Ethics and TEK" paper presentation seminar on. "Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Sustainability" at the Amerind Museum (Apr 2013).
  • Joan McGregor. What Feminist Ethics can teach us about Leopold’s Land Ethic. ISSRNC (Aug 2012).
  • Joan McGregor and Jamey Wetmore. "Ethics in the Lab". Congress on Teaching Social and Ethical Implications of Research (Nov 2011).
  • Joan McGregor. Genetic and Narrative Understanding of Identity". Origins Conference IHR (Apr 2011).
  • Joan McGregor. "Aldo Leopold and Contemporary Ideas of Sustainability" Panel (organizer and commentator). ASEH (Apr 2011).
  • Joan McGregor. "Emerging Technologies and Sustainability: Are Transhumanists thinking like Mountains?. Texas Tech University (Feb 2011).
  • Joan McGregor. Duty to Rescue, Organ Donation Policy, and Takings by the Government" Presentation. ASBH, San Diego (Oct 2010).
  • Joan McGregor. Series of lbioethics ectures, University of Padua. Erasmus Mundus MA Bioethics (May 2010).
  • Joan McGregor. Comments on "A Hybrid View of the Ontology of Consent". Pacific Division, San Francisco (Apr 2010).
  • Joan McGregor. Healing and the Humanities, "The ‘R" Word: The Ethics of Rationing in Health Care". NAU (Mar 2010).
  • Joan McGregor. Commentary on "Organ Donation without the Dead Donor Rule". Central Division Meetings of the APA, Chicago, Illinois, (Feb 2010).
  • Joan McGregor. "The Ethics of Rationing in Health Care". Conference on the Rationing, St Lukes Health Initiatives, Phoenix, Arizona, 9/09 (Sep 2009).
  • joan McGregor. World Wide View on Global Climate Change. WWV meeting ASU (Sep 2009).
  • joan McGregor. Commentary on Von Platz and Reidy "The Structural Diversity of Historical Injustices". Berger Prize, APA Pacific Division, 4/09 (Apr 2009).
  • Joan McGregor. "Human Embryos Stem Cells: The Ethical and Legal Issues in the United States". Conference: Present and Future of Stem Cell Research, hosted by Korean Ministry for Health, Welfare (Nov 2008).
  • Joan McGregor Jamey Wetmore. "Researching and Teaching the Ethics and Social Implications of Emerging Technologies". Gordon Research Conference, Governance of Emerging Technologies, Big Sky, Mt 8/08 (Aug 2008).
  • Joan McGregor. Genome Justice: Genetics and Group Rights,. Translating Ethical, Legal, Social Implications of Genomic Research, Cleveland Ohio (May 2008).
  • Joan McGregor. Ethical and Legal Issues with infectious diseases. Public Health Ethics Workshop APPA (Feb 2008).
  • McGregor, Joan. What is Research Integrity and why should I care. Nursing Faculty Research lecture series (Nov 2007).
  • McGregor, Joan. ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS INTERNET ENROLLMENT FOR ORGAN DONATION: ABANDONING INFORMED CONSENT. The Society of Critical Care Medicine's, 36th Critical Care Congress (Feb 2007).
  • McGregor, Joan. Undue Influence as Coercive Offers in Clinical Trials. AMINTAPHIL meeting in Washington University, Saint Louis, Mo (Nov 2006).
  • McGregor, Joan. The Ethics of Face Transplantation. Grand Rounds, Maricopa County Hospital (Oct 2006).
  • McGregor, Joan, Dreifuss-Netter, Frédérique. France and the United States: The Legal and Ethical Differences in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). International Conference on Health Law, Toulouse France, 8/06 (Aug 2006).
  • McGregor, Joan. What is Research Integrity and why should I care. Wisconsin Medical College, Milwaukee, WI (Apr 2006).
  • McGregor, Joan. Ethical issues in conducting research on tribal members. Intertribal Council of Arizona Conference on Research with Tribes (Oct 2005).
  • McGregor, Joan. A New Form of Colonialism? Exploitation of Human Subjects in Developing Nations. IVR International meetings of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy Madrid Spain (May 2005).
  • McGregor, Joan. Is it the new colonization: Research Exploitation in the Developing World. IVR (May 2005).
  • McGregor, Joan. Exploitation of Research Subjects in the Developing World. American Philosophical Association Central Division Meetings (Apr 2005).
  • McGregor, Joan. Genetics and Groups. Genetics and Group Rights (Oct 2004).
  • McGregor, Joan. What's wrong with Consent to Sexual Relations?. Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (Feb 2004).
  • McGregor, Joan. does Art Incite?. Ethics and the Arts Conference, Joan and David Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, Arizona State University (Oct 2001).
  • McGregor, Joan. Is Morality in Decline?. Spirit of the Senses (Nov 2000).
  • McGregor, Joan. Is Pornography Harm to Women?. Spirit of the Senses (Apr 2000).
  • Wetmore, Jameson, McGregor, Joan. Teaching the Ethics and Social Implications of Emerging Technologies to Graduate Level Students. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting
  • McGregor, Joan. Recovery of Transplantable Organs after Cardiac or Circulatory Death: The Ethical Issues". American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
  • McGregor, Joan. Bioethics lectures. Classes in American Indian Studies, Nursing, and Neuroscience
Service: 

Dinner 2040: The Future of Food  http://hfe-observatories.org/project/dinner-2040/

Expertise Areas: 
Philosophy
Bioethics and Science Policy
Environmental Ethics
Jurisprudence