Selected Publications

Articles:

Howard, D. (Forthcoming) The Political Value of Letting Hopes Die. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP). 

Richards, N., Fried, M., Svirsky, L., Thomas, N., Zettler, P., and Howard D. (forthcoming) Clinician Perspectives on Opioid Treatment Agreements: A Qualitative Analysis of Focus Groups. AJOB Empirical Bioethics.

Surrogate Perspectives on Patient Preference Predictors: Good Idea, but I Should Decide How They Are Used in AJOB Empirical Bioethics, (2022) with Allan Rivlin, Philip Candilis, Neal W. Dickert, Claire Drolen, Benjamin Krohmal, Mark Pavlick & David Wendler.

Transformative Choices and the Specter of Regret in the Journal of the American Philosophical Association (2022).

“First, Do No Harm”: Physician Discretion, Racial Disparities, and Opioid Treatment Agreements

with Adrienne Beck and Larisa Svirsky in Journal of Medical Ethics (2021)

E-cigarettes and the Multiple Responsibilities of the FDA with Larisa Svirsky and Micah Berman in The American Journal of Bioethics [Target Article] (2021)

Civil Disobedience, Not Merely Conscientious Objection, In Medicine in HEC Forum (2020)

Reconsidering the Need for Reconsent at 18 with Benjamin Berkman and David Wendler in Pediatrics (July 2018). 

 The Scoundrel and the Visionary: On Reasonable Hope and the Possibility of a Just Future in The Journal of Political Philosophy (2019).

On Valuing Impairment with Sean Aas, in Philosophical Studies, Volume 175, Issue 5: 1113 (May 2018)

The Medical Surrogate as Fiduciary Agent in Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Fall 2017). 

'Hey everybody, don't get pregnant’: Zika, the WHO, and an Ethical Framework for Advising with Katherine Byron in Journal of Medical Ethics Vol. 43 (May 1, 2017).

 Transforming Others: On the Limits of ‘You’ll Be Glad I did it Reasoning in Res Philosophica, Vol. 92, No. 2, (2015) 

Book Chapters

Beyond Instrumental Value: Respecting The Will of Others and Deciding On Their Behalf with David Wendler in The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Disability. Edited by Adam Cureton and David T. Wasserman. Oxford University Press (2020)

Paternalism and Deciding for the Incompetent in The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Paternalism. ed. Kalle Grill and Jason Hanna. Taylor & Francis/Routledge (2018)

Disability, Well-Being, and (In)Apt Emotions in The Ethics of Ability and Enhancement. Flanigan J., Price T. (eds) Jepson Studies in Leadership. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. (2018)