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James Stacey Taylor is a Professor of Philosophy at The College of New Jersey. He holds an MA (Hons) and an MLitt from St Andrews University, and an MA and a PhD from Bowling Green State University.
He is the author of five books, Stakes and Kidneys: Why markets in human body parts are morally imperative (Ashgate Publishing, 2005/New York: Routledge, 2017), Practical Autonomy and Bioethics (New York: Routledge, 2009), Death, Posthumous Harm, and Bioethics (New York: Routledge, 2012); Markets with Limits: How the commodification of academia derails debate (New York: Routledge 2022), and Bloody Bioethics: Why Prohibiting Plasma Compensation Harms Patients and Wrongs Donors (New York: Routledge, 2022).
He also is the editor of two major collections of original essays by prominent philosophers: Personal Autonomy: New essays (Cambridge University Press, 2005) and Death: Metaphysics and Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2013).
He is also the author of 100 journal articles and book chapters, in venues such as Social Philosophy & Policy, American Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Journal of Applied Philosophy, and Public Affairs Quarterly.
He is currently working on a book exploring the ontological and moral limits of markets.
He has authored numerous Op-Eds for publications such as the Los Angeles Times, the New York Daily News, USA Today. His award-winning Op-Ed for the Los Angeles Times was credited with influencing the ruling of the 6th District Court circuit that led to the legalization of payment for bone marrow. He is an occasional contributor to The Times Higher Education.
He lives with his wife and daughter on a small working farm in rural New Jersey.
James Stacey Taylor is a Professor of Philosophy at The College of New Jersey. He holds an MA (Hons) and an MLitt from St Andrews University, and an MA and a PhD from Bowling Green State University.
He is the author of five books, Stakes and Kidneys: Why markets in human body parts are morally imperative (Ashgate Publishing, 2005/New York: Routledge, 2017), Practical Autonomy and Bioethics (New York: Routledge, 2009), Death, Posthumous Harm, and Bioethics (New York: Routledge, 2012); Markets with Limits: Ho... Read more