Gary L Comstock

ASSUMPTIONS

Boston, MA: ThinkerAnalytix.

ASSUMPTIONS

In ThinkerAnalytix.

Far-persons: A Defense of the Concept of Partial Personhood and its Implications for Cognitively Disabled Humans and Nonhuman Animals

Conference on The Legal Distinction between Persons and Things. University of Antwerp Belgium.

Imagining Other Species’ Pains

3rd International Electronic Conference on Animals.

Imagining Other Species’ Pains: Four Challenges

The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Animals session Sustainable animal welfare, ethics and human-animal interactions. Presented at the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Animals. https://sciforum.net/paper/view/21414

Scaling Critical Thinking Instruction at a Large State University

Annual meeting of the Association of Deans and Directors of University Colleges and Undergraduate Studies. San Antonio, TX.

When was the first conscious animal born?

The Science of Consciousness 31st Annual Conference. University of Barcelona.

Brief of Amicus Curiae Philosophers, The Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc. on behalf of Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo. Missy

Colorado Supreme Court.

Imagining Other Species’ Pains

At the Limits of Imagination. University of Vienna.

A Philosophers’ Letter in Support of Amahle, Mabu, and Nolwazi (2023), submitted to the Honorable Jorge E. Navarrete of the Supreme Court of California

https://www.nonhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Philosophers-Amicus-Letter-FILED-version.pdf

Animal culture and morality: A new approach to industrial farm animal reform

Animal Morality Conference. Presented at the Animal Morality Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Automating How We Evaluate

National Science Foundation Workshop on Argumentation and Automation. Presented at the National Science Foundation Workshop on Argumentation and Automation, Iowa State University.

Connecting Ethical Reasoning to Global Challenges through Analysis of Argumentation

Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 24(1).

Does College Teach Students to Think Critically? Philosophers’ Responsibilities and General Education Requirements with a Brief Introduction to Two Courses

North Carolina Philosophical Society. Presented at the North Carolina Philosophical Society, Duke University.

Forward

In Tom Regan's The Case for Animal Rights.

Letter of Amicus Curiae, Supporting Verified Petition for a Common Law Writ of Habeas Corpus and Issuance of an Order to Show Cause in re Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc. on behalf of Amahle, Nolwazi, and Mabu

Supreme Court of California.

Tom Regan’s The Case for Animal Rights

[Audio essay]. In The Case for Animal Rights. Culture and Animals Foundation.

A Brief in Support of Happy’s Appeal

[Amicus curiae brief in support of the Nonhuman Rights Project’s Court Appeal to the State of New York Appellate Court].

Discover Deduction: Developing an Advanced Course in Argument Mapping

APA Eastern Division annual meeting. Poster presented at the APA Eastern Division annual meeting.

Orangutans are persons with rights: Amicus Curiae brief in the Sandai case, requested by the Interspecies Justice Foundation

Santiago, Chile: Court of Appeals of San Miguel.

Pain in Pleocyemata, but not in Dendrobranchiata?

Animal Sentience, 7(32).

The Prawn Hypothesis: Some, not all, decapods are sentient

Interspecies Comparisons of Welfare conference. Presented at the Interspecies Comparisons of Welfare conference, London School of Economics.

Why the Court Should Free Happy

Comstock, G., Lerner, A., & Singer, P. (2022, May 17). Inside Sources.

You Should Not Have Let Your Baby Die

In P. Catapano & S. Critchfield (Eds.), Question Everything (pp. 289–293). NY: Liveright.

Ethics and Genetically Modified Foods

In Academia Ethica (Vol. 10, pp. 155–171).

The Philosophers' Brief in Support of Happy's Appeal

[An amicus curiae brief in support of the Nonhuman Rights Project’s Court Appeal,].

Varner on Animals: Room for Far-Persons?

In M. Schefczyk & C. Schmidt-Petri (Eds.), Utility, Progress, Technology: Proceedings of the 2018 Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies (pp. 353–358). Karlsruhe: KIT Scientific Publishing.

You Should Not Have Let Your Baby Die

In U. Schüklenk & P. Singer (Eds.), Bioethics: An Anthology (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell,

Bovine Prospection, the Mesocorticolimbic Pathways, and Neuroethics: Is a Cow’s Future Like Ours?

In L. Johnson, A. Fenton, & A. Shriver (Eds.), Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals (pp. 73–97).

Chimpanzee Rights THE PHILOSOPHERS' BRIEF Conclusions

Chimpanzee Rights: the Philosophers' Brief. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53439759/

Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers' Brief

Chimpanzee Rights: the Philosophers' Brief. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53439760/

Companion animal self-investment value

Rocky Mountain Ethics Conference. Presented at the Rocky Mountain Ethics Conference, University of Colorado.

Introduction: Chimpanzees, rights, and conceptions of personhood

Chimpanzee Rights: the Philosophers' Brief. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53439754/

The capacities conception

Chimpanzee Rights: the Philosophers' Brief. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53439758/

The community membership conception

Chimpanzee Rights: the Philosophers' Brief. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53439757/

The social contract conception

Chimpanzee Rights: the Philosophers' Brief. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53439756/

The species membership conception

Chimpanzee Rights: the Philosophers' Brief. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53439755/

What do we need to know to know that animals are conscious of what they know?

Animal Behavior and Cognition, 6(4), 289–308.

Agricultural ethics

Comstock, G. L. (2018, September 11). (E. Craig, Ed.). Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy V.1, Vol. 1.

Chimpanzee Rights

Concerning Cattle

Comstock, G. (2018, January 11). (A. Barnhill, M. Budolfson, & T. Doggett, Eds.). Oxford University Press EBooks.

Ethics and Genetically Modified Foods

In R. Shafer-Landau (Ed.), Living Ethics: An Introduction with Readings (pp. 663–640). New York: Oxford University Press.

Getting It Together: Psychological Unity and Deflationary Accounts of Animal Metacognition

Acta Analytica, 33(4), 431–451.

The Cattle in the Long Cedar Springs Draw

In N. Batra & M. Wenning (Eds.), The Human–Animal Boundary: Exploring the Line in Philosophy and Fiction (pp. 97–114). Lexington Books.

The Philosophers’ Brief on Chimpanzee Personhood

[Brief by amici curiae philosophers in support of the petitioner-appellant]. Court of Appeals, State of New York.

The Philosophers’ Brief on Elephant Personhood

[An amicus curiae brief in support of the Nonhuman Rights Project’s Court Appeal].

Utilitarian assessment of the legal value of companion animals

15th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies. Presented at the 15th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.

Far-Persons

Comstock, G. (2017, January 1). Ethical and Political Approaches to Nonhuman Animal Issues, pp. 39–71.

Two Views of Animals in Environmental Ethics

In D. Schmidtz (Ed.), Philosophy: Environmental Ethics (pp. 151–183). Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA.

You Should Not Have Let Your Baby Die

Comstock, G. L. (2017, July 12). New York Times.

Carruthers on metacognition, and the unity of beliefs and desires in animals

American Philosophical Association. Presented at the American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Chicago, IL.

LaMettrie’s Objection: Humans Act like Animals

In M. Engel Jr. & G. Comstock (Eds.), The Moral Rights of Animals (pp. 175–198). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

The Moral Rights of Animals

Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

The Moral Rights of Animals: An Overview of the Book

In M. Engel Jr. & G. Comstock (Eds.), The Moral Rights of Animals (pp. xix – xxix). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Carruthers on metacognition, and the unity of beliefs and desires in animals

North Carolina Philosophical Society. Presented at the North Carolina Philosophical Society, NC State University, Raleigh, NC.

Do machines have prima facie duties?

Machine Medical Ethics, 74, 79–92.

Feeling matters: Are we justified in inducing depression in monkeys in order to prevent it in humans?

Second Oxford Summer School on Animal Ethics: “The Ethics of Using Animals in Research". Presented at the Second Oxford Summer School on Animal Ethics: “The Ethics of Using Animals in Research", Oxford.

Harming Some to Enhance Others

Comstock, G. (2015, January 1). Palgrave Macmillan UK EBooks, pp. 49–78.

Harming Some to Enhance Others

Inquiring Into Animal Enhancement: Model Or Countermodel of Human Enhancement.

Societal Consideration as Willingness to Dialogue — A Commentary to Singapore Statement Point N. 14

The Cattle in the Long Cedar Springs Draw

The Human Animal Boundary Symposium. Presented at the Human Animal Boundary Symposium, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez.

Carruthers on metacognition, and the unity of beliefs and desires in animals

Toward a Science of Consciousness conference. Presented at the Toward a Science of Consciousness conference, University of Arizona.

Do Machines Have Prima Facie Duties?

Lucas, J., & Comstock, G. (2014, September 5). International Series on Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, Vol. 74, pp. 79–92.

Ethics and Genetically Modified Foods

In R. Sandler (Ed.), Ethics and Emerging Technologies (pp. 473–485).

Meet the Author: G. Comstock, Research Ethics: A Philosophical Guide to the Responsible Conduct of Research

APPE Annual Meeting. Presented at the APPE Annual Meeting.

Teaching Research Ethics: A Philosophical Guide

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual Meeting. Panel presented at the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual Meeting.

The Role of Philosophers in RCR Training

Comstock, G. (2014, December 1). Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, Vol. 15, pp. 139–142.

A Philosophical Guide to Teaching the Responsible Conduct of Research

Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum Annual Conference. Presented at the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum Annual Conference, Oregon State University.

A Philosophical Guide to the Responsible Conduct of Research

3rd World Conference on Research Integrity. Presented at the 3rd World Conference on Research Integrity, Montreal.

Articulate reasons

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 105–117.

Avoid plagiarism

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 58–67.

Beware intuition

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 68–78.

Book Review: Personhood, Ethics, and Animal Cognition: Situating Animals in Hare's Two-Level Utilitarianism

[Review of Personhood, Ethics, and Animal Cognition: Situating Animals in Hare's Two-Level Utilitarianism, by G. Varner]. Environmental Values, 22(3), 417–420.

Carruthers on metacognition

65th Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference. Presented at the 65th Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference, Pacific University.

Clarify statistics

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 144–154.

Conclusion

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 285–287.

Cultivate responsibility

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 274–284.

Inform subjects

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 169–183.

Introduction

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 1–20.

Justify decisions

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 79–90.

Mentor inclusively

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 184–201.

Personhood, Ethics, and Animal Cognition: Situating Animals in Hare's Two-Level Utilitarianism

Environmental Values. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53439766/

Personhood, ethics, and animal cognition: Situating animals in Hare's two-level utilitarianism

[Review of ]. Environmental Values, 22(3), 417–420.

Preserve environments

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 267–273.

Protect manuscripts

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 133–143.

Recognize property

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 202–217.

Report misconduct

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 39–57.

Research Ethics

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Cambridge University Press EBooks, pp. 1–292.

Responsible Authorship

In G. Comstock (Ed.), Research Ethics: A Philosophical Guide to the Responsible Conduct of Research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Reveal conflicts

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 218–228.

Teaching Research Ethics: A New, Philosophical, Approach to the Responsible Conduct of Research

39th annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education. Presented at the 39th annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Montreal.

The Scope of Consciousness

The 20th Toward a Science of Consciousness Conference. Accepted.

Treat humanely

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 243–266.

Write cooperatively

Comstock, G. (2013, January 3). Research Ethics, pp. 118–132.

Ethics and Genetically Modified Foods

In D. Schmidtz & E. Willott (Eds.), Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works (2nd ed., pp. 598–609). Oxford University Press.

Ethics and genetically modified foods

In The Philosophy of Food (pp. 122–139). http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887680755&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Do Machines Have Prima Facie Duties?

TILT 2011, Technologies on the Stand: Legal and Ethical Questions in Neuroscience and Robotics. Presented at the TILT 2011, Technologies on the Stand: Legal and Ethical Questions in Neuroscience and Robotics, Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society.

Do machines have prima facie duties?

In B. Berg & L. Klaming (Eds.), Technologies on the stand: legal and ethical questions in neuroscience and robotics (pp. 380–393). Nijmegen, The Netherlands: Wolf Legal Publishers.

La Mettrie’s Objection: Like Animals, Humans Control Themselves in Largely Nonconscious Ways

Tom Regan: A Celebration. Presented at the Tom Regan: A Celebration, NC State University.

OPENSEMINAR IN RESEARCH ETHICS: OPTIMAL IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ONLINE COURSE IN A NEW LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED). https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53439767/

Ethics

Comstock, G. L. (2010, January 1). Life Science Ethics, Second Edition.

Ethics and Genetically Modified Foods

Comstock, G. (2010, January 1). Food Ethics, pp. 49–66.

Genetically Modified Foods

Comstock, G. L. (2010, January 1). Life Science Ethics, pp. 221–238.

Genetically Modified Foods: Golden Rice

Hessler, K., Whetten, R., Loopstra, C., Shriver, S., Penner, K. P., Zeigler, R., … Comstock, G. L. (2010, January 1). Life Science Ethics, Second Edition.

Kagakusha o mezasu kimitachi e : Kenkyūsha no sekinin aru kōdō towa = On Being a Scientist : a guide to responsible conduct in research

(3rd ed.) [Japanese translation]. Kyōto: Kagakudōjin,

Life Science Ethics

Comstock, G. L. (2010, January 1). (G. L. Comstock, Ed.).

Method

Comstock, G. L. (2010, January 1). Life Science Ethics, Second Edition.

Religion

Comstock, G. L. (2010, January 1). Life Science Ethics, pp. 15–29.

Ethics and Genetically Modified Foods

In D. Kaplan (Ed.), Readings in the Philosophy of Technology (2nd ed., pp. 484–497). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Helping students learn what is (and what is not) plagiarism

Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53439771/

How We Evaluate: Using Discover Deduction to Evaluate Argumentative Essays

https://moodle-projects.wolfware.ncsu.edu/course/view.php?id=8500.

On Being a Scientist : a guide to responsible conduct in research

(3rd ed.). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

Responsible Conduct of Research Role Plays: Authorship, New Faculty

Teaching Research Ethics to Scientists and Professionals

Comstock, G. L. (2009, October). Wake County Physician Magazine.

Ethics and Genetically Modified Foods

In T. Beauchamp, L. R. Walters, J. Kahn, & A. Mastroianni (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Bioethics (7th ed., pp. 752–759). Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.

Ethik und genetisch modifizierte Lebensmittel = Ethics and Genetically Modified Foods

[German translation]. In G. Wiegleb & A. Briese (Eds.), Ethik in den Lebenswissenschaften. Münster: Verlag Monsenstein und Vannerdat.

Ethik und genetisch modifizierte Lebensmittel = Ethics and Religion

[German translation]. In G. Wiegleb & A. Briese (Eds.), Ethik in den Lebenswissenschaften. Münster: Verlag Monsenstein und Vannerdat.

Grundlagen der Ethik = What is Ethics?

[German translation]. In G. Wiegleb & A. Briese (Eds.), Ethik in den Lebenswissenschaften. Münster: Verlag Monsenstein und Vannerdat.

Intuitive Level System Rules: Commentary on “Utilitarianism and the Evolution of Ecological Ethics”

Comstock, G. (2008, October 10). Intuitive Level System Rules: Commentary on “Utilitarianism and the Evolution of Ecological Ethics.” Science and Engineering Ethics, Vol. 14, pp. 575–579.

Singularity

National Humanities Center. Presented at the National Humanities Center.

COMSCI 5-Genomic information and the precautionary principle

Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/53439773/

Research ethics education: beyond RCR training

FCTL Newsletter, 2, 1–4.

Teaching Life Science Ethics: An American Perspective

Life Science Ethics: A New Approach in Higher Education' conference. Presented at the Life Science Ethics: A New Approach in Higher Education' conference, Mordovia State University, Saransk, Russia.

Ethical Issues in Power Electronics Research

NC State Semiconductor Power Electronics. Presented at the NC State Semiconductor Power Electronics.

The Production of Genetically Engineered Food Is Ethical

[Reprinted on endnotes.com].

Why shouldn't turkeys get what they want?

News and Observer [Raleigh, N.C.], Q.

Agricultural Ethics

CAST Issue Paper, (29).

Morality's Progress: Essays on Humans, Other Animals, and the Rest of Nature

Comstock, G. L. (2005, July 1). The Philosophical Review, Vol. 114, pp. 416–419.

The Truth of Religious Narratives

[Thai translation posted at ThaiSDOphilosophy.net].

A Ética e a Ciência = Ethics and Science

In H. Rosa (Ed.), Bioética para as Ciências Naturais (pp. 85–120). Lisbon: FLAD Press.

A Ética e a Religião = Ethics and Religion

In H. Rosa (Ed.), Bioética para as Ciências Naturais (pp. 67–84). Lisboa: Fundação Luso-Americana.

A Ética no Ensino das Ciências Naturais e da Vida: a Experiência do International Bioethics Institute

In H. Rosa (Ed.), Bioética para as Ciências Naturais (pp. 21–36). Lisboa: Fundação Luso-Americana.

Ethics and Genetically Modified Foods," in Portuguese as “A Ética e os Alimentos Geneticamente Modificados

In H. Rosa (Ed.), Bioética para as Ciências Naturais (pp. 203–234). Lisboa: Fundação Luso-Americana.

International Bioethics Institute: Promoting ethical education for the life and natural sciences

In J. D. Tavernier & S. Aerts (Eds.), Science, Ethics and Society: 5th Congress of the European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics, Preprints (pp. 121–124). Leuven, Belgium: Katholieke Universiteit.

Subsistence Hunting

In S. Sapontzis (Ed.), Food for Thought: The Debate over Eating Meat (pp. 359–370). Amherst, NY: Prometheus.

The production of genetically engineered food is ethical

In Genetic engineering: opposing viewpoints (pp. 110–120). San Diego: Greenhaven.

Ethics and Genetically Modified Foods

In C. Beckert (Ed.), Etica Ambiental uma ética para o futuro (pp. 13–34). Lisboa: Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa.

Religious autobiographies (2nd ed.)

Wadsworth.

The History and Relevance of Research Ethics

NC State Research Ethics Seminar Series. Presented at the NC State Research Ethics Seminar Series.

The Place of Ethics in Corporate Training

General Henry Hugh Shelton Leadership Forum, Challenges for Research Ethics at Historically Black Universities, (v 13).

What are the ethical issues surrounding genetic modification of nature?

In D. S. W. K. Purves, G. H. Orians, & C. Heller (Eds.), Life: the science of biology (7th ed.) (p. 389). Gordonsville, VA: W. H. Freeman.

A USDA-funded project: The Consortium to Address Social, Economic, and Ethical Aspects of Biotechnology

WCC-204 USDA-funded Committee on Animal Ethics, annual meeting. Presented at the WCC-204 USDA-funded Committee on Animal Ethics, annual meeting, Portland, OR.

Ethics and Genetically Modified Foods

In M. Ruse & D. Castle (Eds.), Genetically Modified Foods (pp. 88–107). NY: Prometheus Books.

Ethics and Religion

In G. L. Comstock (Ed.), Life Science Ethics. Ames: Blackwell Publishing.

Ethics and Science

In G. L. Comstock (Ed.), Life Science Ethics. Ames: Blackwell Publishing.