Joseph Fletcher
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 34 years ago |
| Date of birth | January 1,1905 |
| Died | Charlottesville |
| Virginia | |
| United States | |
| Notable student | Arthur Waldron |
| Books | Studies on Chinese and Islamic Inner Asia |
| Education | Harvard University |
| Born | Newark |
| New Jersey | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | October 28,1991 |
| Known for | Situational ethics |
| biomedical ethics | |
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| ID | 3899967 |
Joseph Fletcher Life story
Joseph Francis Fletcher was an American professor who founded the theory of situational ethics in the 1960s, and was a pioneer in the field of bioethics. Fletcher was a leading academic proponent of the potential benefits of abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, eugenics, and cloning.