F.M. Kamm is the Henry Rutgers University Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University. She is also the Lucius Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy Emerita, Harvard University. Kamm focuses on normative ethical theory and practical ethics in numerous articles and ten books, including Creation and Abortion, Morality, Mortality vols. 1 and 2, Intricate Ethics, The Trolley Problem Mysteries, Almost Over: Aging, Dying, Dead, and most recently Rights and Their Limits: In Theory, Cases, and Pandemics (all from Oxford University Press). Kamm served on the editorial board of Philosophy & Public Affairs and serves on the boards of several other journals, was a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO), and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was elected Vice President of the American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division) for 2025-6 and its President for 2026-7.
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- Frances Kamm
- Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
- Specialties: Normative Ethical Theory, and Practical Ethics
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