Furman University

M. Carmela Epright

Professor
Department of Philosophy
Furman University

Education

Ph.D. Loyola University Chicago (1999)
M.A. Loyola University Chicago (Applied Ethics) (1994)
M.A. Loyola University Chicago (1992)
B.A. St. Edward's University (1990)

Areas of Specialization: BioEthics, Ethical Theory

Areas of Competence: Feminism, Political Philosophy

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

News and Announcements

• Dr. Epright is on Sabbatical for Fall 2012 and Spring 2013.

spring 2013 courses

• On Sabbatical

Clinical Ethics Appointments

• Board Member, Medical University of South Carolina, Ethic Committee (2011-present)
• Consultant, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System (2003-2008)
• Consultant, Ethics Consult Service, Greenville Memorial Hospital (2000-present)
• Consultant, Greenville Hospital Association's Children's Hospital Ethics Board (2000-present)
• Consultant, Institute for Evidence-Based Neuromusculoskeletal Care (2010-present)
• Consultant, Open Arms Hospice of Greenville (2006-2009)
• Consultant, South Caolina Medical Association Bioethics Committee (1999-present)
• Consultant, SpringBrook Behavioral Healthcare (2001-present)
• Consultant, VistaCare Hospice (2000-present)

Selected Publications     

• M. Carmela Epright, "Coercing Future Freedom," Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 38, no.4 (Winter 2010).
• M. Carmela Epright and Robert Sade, "Conundrums in Mental Health: Cases and Controversies," Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 38, no.4 (Winter 2010). 
• M. Carmela Epright and Sarah Worth, "Dexter Morgan: Vigilante Hero or Pathetic Rule Follower," Dexter and Philosophy (Open Court, 2011).
• M. Carmela Epright and Sara Waller, "Neuro-Enhancement: Warning, Autonomax may be Necessary," Journal of Ethics in Mental Health 5, no.1 (2011).
• M. Carmela Epright, "Caring About the Mentally Ill: Autonomy, Freedom, and Care Ethics," Reinterpretations (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2009).
• M. Carmela Epright, "Embracing the 'F' Word: Young Women, Feminism, Fear," American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy (2006).
• M. Carmela Epright," Four Principles of Bioethics," Ethics and Public Health in an Age of Terrorism (University of South Carolina Press, 2007).
• M. Carmela Epright, "Bioethics and Justice: Economics, Care, and Conflict," Ethical Humanism, Bioethics, and Justice (Prometheus Press, 2006).
• M. Carmela Epright, "Rights, Liberties, and the Response to Terrorism," The Fate of Democracy (Prometheus Press, 2006).
• M. Carmela Epright, "Honoring Feminism's Past, Envisioning An Embodied Future," Philosophy in the Contemporary World 11, no.1 (Spring/Summer 2003).
• M. Carmela Epright, "Philosophical Counseling: A Paradigm for Clinical Medical Ethics?" Philosophy in the Contemporary World 10, no.2 (Fall/Winter 2003).
• M. Carmela Epright, "Impartialism, Care, and the Self," Philosophy in the Contemporary World 4, no.3 (Fall 1997).

Grants and Awards

• Furman University's Meritorious Teaching Award (2004)
• "The Burnett-Freeman Philosophy Professor of the Year Award" (2010)
• ACS Faculty Renewal Grant, $8,000 - Supported a faculty seminar on Sexuality Studies.
• Piper Foundation Grant, $500,000 - Supports faculty seminar and speaker series to promote ethics across the curriculum at Furman University.
• Case Western Reserve Univeristy, Visiting Collaborators Grant, $5,000 - Supported collaborative research on a project involving brain based psychiatric research.

Selected Recent and Upcoming Presentations

• "End-of-Life Care, POLST for South Carolina," South Carolina Medical Association Annual Meeting, 2011.
• "Serious Psychiatric Illness and Capital Punishment," South Carolina Medical Association Bioethics Retreat, 2011.
• "Bridging the Humanities and Social Sciences Through Medicine," Society for Ethics Accross the Curriculum Annual Meeting, 2010.
• "Neuro-Enhancement: Warning, Autonomax may be Necessary," Brain Matters: New Directions in Neuroethics, 2010.
• "Ethics ann Forensic Psychiatry: Principles, Relationships, and the Role of the Psychiatrist," South Carolina Psychiatric Association's Annual Meeting, 2010 (invited).

Works in Progress

• "Ethics and Forensic Psychiatry: Principles, Relationships, and the Role of the Psychiatrist"
• "Morality, Cluster B Personality Disorders, and the DSM-V: Language, Judgment, and Purposes"