Dr. Jessica Flanigan
Associate Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law, Richard L. Morrill Chair in Ethics & Democratic Values
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Profile
Jessica Flanigan is the Richard L. Morrill Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values at the University of Richmond, where she teaches Leadership Ethics, Ethical Decision Making in Healthcare, and Critical Thinking. Her research addresses the ethics of public policy, medicine, and business. In "Pharmaceutical Freedom" (Oxford University Press, 2017), she defends rights of self-medication. In "Debating Sex Work" (Oxford University Press, 2019), she defends the decriminalization of sex work.
Flanigan has also published in journals such as Philosophical Studies, The Journal of Business Ethics, Leadership, The Journal of Moral Philosophy, and the Journal of Political Philosophy. She is currently writing a book about the ethics of pregnancy and a book about language and ethics. She is a proponent of effective altruism.
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Awards
Distinguished Educator Award, University of Richmond, 2020
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Awards
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Selected Publications
Books
Flanigan, Jessica and Watson, Lori, Debating Sex Work (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019).
Flanigan, Jessica, Pharmaceutical Freedom: Why Patients Have a Right to Self-Medicate (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017).
Journal ArticlesFlanigan, Jessica, and Alec Greven. “Speech and Campus Inclusivity.” Public Affairs Quarterly 35, no. 3 (July 2021): 178-203. https://doi.org/10.2307/48628247.
Flanigan, Jessica, Ben Bramble, and Charles Weijer. “The Ethics of Human Challenge Trials: COVID-19 and Beyond.” Cato Unbound: A Journal of Debate (March 2021). https://www.cato-unbound.org/issues/march-2021/ethics-human-challenge-trials-covid-19-beyond/
Blumenthal-Barby, Jennifer, Sean Aas, Dan Brudney, Jessica Flanigan, S. Matthew Liao, Alex London, Wayne Sumner, and Julian Savulescu. “The Place of Philosophy in Bioethics Today.” American Journal of Bioethics Online First (June 30, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2021.1940355.
Flanigan, Jessica. "The Ethics of Prenatal Injury." Journal of Moral Philosophy (October 2020): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243-BJA10059.
Flanigan, Jessica. "The Rawlsian Mirror of Justice." Philosophy and Public Issues 10, no. 1 (2020): 69-99.
Flanigan, Jessica and Freiman, Christopher. "Drug War Reparations." Res Philosophica 97.2 (2020), 141-168. https://doi.org/10.11612/resphil.1886
Flanigan, Jessica. "Boundary Problems and Self-Ownership," Social Philosophy and Policy 36.2 (2019), 9-35. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052519000451
Flanigan, Jessica. “Sweatshop Regulations and Workers' Choices,” Journal of Business Ethics 153.1 (2018), 79-94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3395-0
Flannigan, Jessica, "Duty and Enforcement," Journal of Political Philosophy 27.3 (2018), 341-362. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopp.12173
Flanigan, Jessica, "All Liberty Is Basic," Res Publica 24.4 (2018), 455-474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11158-017-9368-z
Flanigan, Jessica, "Philosophical Methodology and Leadership Ethics," Leadership 14.6 (2018), 707-730. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715017711823
Flanigan, Jessica, “Rethinking Freedom of Contract,” Philosophical Studies 174.2 (2017), 443-463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-016-0691-6
Flanigan, Jessica, “Seat Belt Mandates and Paternalism,” Journal of Moral Philosophy 14.3 (2017), 291-314. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243-46810050
Flanigan, Jessica, “Obstetric Autonomy and Informed Consent,” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 19.1 (2016), 225-244. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-015-9610-8
Flanigan, Jessica, “Non-Culpable Ignorance and HIV Criminalization,” The Journal of Medical Ethics, 40.12 (2014), 798-801. Editor's Choice. DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2012-101119
Flanigan, Jessica, “Economic Freedom and the ACA,” Public Affairs Quarterly, 27.3 (2013), 215-241.
Flanigan, Jessica, “Public Bioethics,” Public Health Ethics, 6.2 (2013), 170-184. https://doi.org/10.1093/phe/pht022
Flanigan, Jessica, "Charisma and Moral Reasoning,” Religions, 4.2 (2013), 216-229. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel4020216
Book ChaptersFlannigan, Jessica. "The Case for Decriminalizing Sex Work." In The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality, edited by Brian D. Earp, Clare Chambers, and Lori Watson. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2022.
Flanigan, Jessica. “Ethical Failure and Leadership: Treatment and Selection.” In Debating Bad Leadership: Reasons and Remedies, edited by Anders Örtenblad, 87-102. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
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In the News
Arizona expands the right to try new medical treatments (Reason Magazine)
Wed., Aug. 17, 2022Jessica Flanigan interviews me and I interview her back (Marginal Revolution)
Fri., Feb. 18, 2022Opinion: Greg Abbott's vaccine demagoguery: Welcome to 'lethal partisanship' (The Washington Post)
Wed., Oct. 13, 2021Opponents of COVID-19 vaccine mandates have a curious definition of 'freedom' (HuffPost)
Sat., Aug. 7, 2021What happens when vaccine incentives aren't enough? (Bloomberg)
Sun., May. 16, 2021Bioethicist on libertarian views toward face mask laws (NPR)
Sun., Jul. 19, 2020COVID-19 and the right to test (Cato Institute)
Mon., Jun. 8, 2020Pourquoi soutenir un revenu de base? Interview de Jessica Flanigan (Liber-The)
Sun., May. 17, 2020Lawmakers call for federal right to try expansion (Heartland)
Mon., Mar. 9, 2020The patient's right (Libertarianism)
Tue., Dec. 17, 2019Beyond the fight for $15 (Medium)
Wed., Jul. 24, 2019Bioethicist on Libertarian views toward face mask laws (NPR)
Sun., Jul. 19, 2020The case against voting for charisma (The Conversation)
Thu., May. 30, 2019Beware of Beto's charisma: It's hard to resist in a politician, but it's not necessarily a healthy quality in a leader in a democracy (Bloomberg Opinion)
Fri., Mar. 15, 2019Our view: EpiPens need to be easier to obtain (Winston-Salem Journal)
Wed., Aug. 31, 2016Whose Autonomy? Risk & The Politics Of Vaccination (The Critique)
Thu., Sep. 10, 2015Va. physicians paid millions by pharmaceutical companies (WRIC)
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