|
|
A. Alex Wellington
Associate Professor, Philosophy
Department
Areas of Interest:
Philosophy of Law (including International Law) and Philosophy of Punishment
Ethics and Human Rights (including Business and Human Rights; Health and Human Rights)
Applied and Practical Ethics
Conflict Analysis and Resolution (including Restorative Justice)
Environmental Ethics, Law and Policy
Intellectual Property Law and Policy
Current and Upcoming Courses:
PHL 612, Philosophy of Law
Courses Previously
Taught:
UNDERGRADUATE: Philosophy of Law (PHL 612); Philosophy of Punishment (PHL 449); Freedom, Equality and Limits to Authority (PHL 306, formerly Contemporary Moral Issues I); Issues in Life, Death and Hunger (PHL 406, formerly Contemporary Moral Issues II); Human Rights and
Justice (PHL 400); Bioethics (PHL 509), Ethics in Health Care (PHL 302) and Ethics in Health Services Management (PHL 444); Business Ethics (PHL 307); Media Ethics (PHL 530); Ethics in Professional Life (PHL 334); Philosophy of Intellectual Property and Technology (PHL 921); Philosophy of the Natural Environment (PHL 500)
GRADUATE: Environmental Law (ES 8921, EnSciMan); Human Rights and Justice (PH8107, Philosophy) |
Publications - Articles, Book Chapters and
Book Reviews
"Water Ethics". In book: Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10488-9
|
"Review of On Emotion: Philosophical Essays, edited by John Deigh". Philosophical Quarterly, 2015.
doi: 10.1093/pq/pqv104 |
"Environmental Law", co-authored with Allan
Greenbaum. In Laurence Olivo, editor, Introduction to
Law, Chapter 34 (Captus Press, 2014). Revised from Chapter 34 (Captus Press, 2009). |
"Intellectual Property Law",
co-authored with Jean Dryden. In Laurence Olivo,
editor, Introduction to Law, Chapter 33 (Captus Press, 2014). Revised from Chapter 33, co-authored with Teresa Cheung (Captus Press, 2009). |
"Should Feminists Embrace Vegetarianism?". In James Cunningham, Samuel Hillier and Donal O'Reardon, editors, Introducing Philosophy: Questions and Readings. Emond Montgomery Publications, 2014. Revised from Alex Wellington, "Feminist Positions on Vegetarianism: A Response to Nicholas Dixon", Between the Species, Summer and Fall 1995, pp. 98-104. |
"To Ban or Not To Ban: Direct To Consumer Advertising and Human
Rights Analysis". In Wesley Cragg, editor, Business and Human Rights. Edward Elgar, 2012. |
"'Exquisite Examples' of Creative Judicial Dispute Resolution: The Potential of Alternative Dispute Resolution for Intellectual Property Cases", Intellectual Property Journal, Volume 23 (3), 2011, 289-326. |
"Doha
Declaration"; "Intellectual Property Rights"; "Trade Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs)"; "World Intellectual
Property Organization" and "Water". In Deen Chatterjee, editor, Encyclopedia of Global Justice (Springer, 2011). |
"To Ban or Not To Ban: Direct To Consumer Advertising and Human
Rights Analysis", Australasian Medical Journal, Volume 3,
2010, 749-766. |
"Introduction".
Co-Authored with Allan Greenbaum and Ron Pushchak. In Allan
Greenbaum, Ron Pushchak and Alex Wellington, editors, Canadian
Issues in Environmental Law and Policy (Toronto, ON: Captus Press, 2009).
Pages 1-28. |
"Bulk Water Removal: Legal and Political
Issues". Co-Authored with Mary Rollinson-Lorimer. In Allan
Greenbaum, Ron Pushchak and Alex Wellington, editors, Canadian
Issues in Environmental Law and Policy (Toronto, ON: Captus Press, 2009).
Pages 295-327. |
"The Metes
and Bounds of Purposive Claim Construction in Canadian Patent Law",
Intellectual Property Journal, Volume 18(1), May 2004. |
"Professional
Ethics for Mediators: Tensions Between Justice and Accountability".
In Cheryl Hughes and James Wong, editors. Communication, Conflict
and Reconciliation. Volume 17, Social Philosophy Today (Charlottesville, VA: Philosophy Documentation Center, 2003). Pages
125-130. |
"'Rewriting
Genesis': Intellectual Property Rights and Global (In)Justice". In Yeager Hudson, editor, Globalism and the
Obsolescence of the State. Volume 20, Studies in Social and
Political Theory (Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 1999).
Pages 45-79. |
"Taking Codes
of Ethics Seriously: Alternative Dispute Resolution and
Reconstitutive Liberalism". Canadian Journal of Law and
Jurisprudence, Volume 12(2), July 1999. Pages 297-332. |
“Should We Patent Life Forms? Applying Intellectual Property to Life Forms”. Policy Options, Volume 17(4), May 1996. Pages 7-11. |
“Why Liberals Should Support Same Sex Marriage”. Journal of Social Philosophy, Volume 26, Number 3, Winter 1995. Pages 5-32.
Reprinted in W. Cragg and C. Koggel, eds., Contemporary Moral Issues, Fourth Edition. McGraw-Hill, 1999; W. Cragg and C. Koggel, eds., Fifth Edition, 2005 and Fourth Edition, 1997.
Reprinted in S. Dimock and C. Tucker, eds., Applied Ethics: Reflective Moral Reasoning. Nelson, Thomson, 2004.
Reprinted in J. McDonald, editor, Contemporary Moral Issues in a Diverse Society. Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1998. |
“Outing: The Supposed Justifications”. Co-authored with Andrea Austen, Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Volume 8, Number 1, January 1995. Pages 83-105. |
Publications - Books:
Allan Greenbaum and Alex
Wellington, Environmental Law and
Policy in the Canadian Context. (Toronto, ON: Captus Press,
2010). |
Allan Greenbaum, Ron Pushchak
and Alex Wellington, editors, Canadian Issues in
Environmental Law and
Policy. (Toronto, ON: Captus Press, 2009). |
Allan Greenbaum, Alex
Wellington and Ron Pushchak, Environmental Law in Social
Context (Toronto, ON: Captus Press, 2002). |
Alex, Wellington, Allan
Greenbaum and Wesley Cragg, editors, Canadian Issues in
Environmental Ethics (Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press,
1997). |
Other Publications - Reports
Ted Schrecker and Alex
Wellington, Patenting of Higher Life Forms and Human Biological
Materials: An Introduction to the Issues. Prepared for Project
Steering Committee on Intellectual Property and the Patenting of
Higher Life Forms. (Ottawa, ON: Canadian Biotechnology Advisory
Committee, 2001). |
Ted Schrecker and Alex
Wellington, Patenting of Biotechnological Innovations Concerning
Animals and Human Beings. (Ottawa, ON: Canadian Biotechnology
Advisory Committee, 2000; completed 1999). |
Ted Schrecker, C. Barry
Hoffmaster, Margaret A. Somerville and Alex
Wellington, Biotechnology, Ethics and Government, in
Renewal of the Canadian Biotechnology Strategy, Resource
Document 3.4.1, Background Research Papers, Ethics (Ottawa, ON:
Industry Canada, March 1998; completed 1996), 135-261. |
Presentations
"Contrasting Legal Reforms Relating to Sex Work and Medical Assistance In Dying: Post Bedford and Carter".Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA), Congress, University of Regina, May 31, 2018; International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Canadian Section CS-IVR, University of Quebec at Montreal, June 3, 2018.
|
"The Human Right To Water and Responsibilities of Business: Rights, Utilities and Virtues". Business Ethics in the 6ix, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, May 14, 2018.
|
"Human Rights Theory and Balancing Legal Rights: Gender Identity and Gender Expression in Criminal and Human Rights Law Reform". Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA), Congress, Ryerson University, May 30, 2017 and International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Canadian Section CS-IVR, Congress, Ryerson University, May 27, 2017. |
Commentary on Carson Young, "Should You Be A Locavore?". Business Ethics in the 6ix, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, May 8, 2017. |
"Obedience to Law and Justification of Punishment".
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas, February 25, 2017. |
"Obedience to Law and Justification of Punishment: What Crito Should Have Said". " International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Canadian Section (CS-IVR), Congress, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, May 28, 2016. |
"Corporate Responsibility and Liability to Punishment", and "Complexities of Consent in Women's Reproductive and Sexual Labour". XXVII World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Geogetown Law Centre, Washington DC, July 28 and July 30, 2015. |
"Ethical Innovation: An Imperative for Our Time". Global Justice, Global Health Conference, Ryerson University, May 7, 2015. |
"Yes Means Yes, Or Does It?: Complexities of Consent in Women's Reproductive and Sexual Labour". Business Ethics Speaker Series, Ted Rogers School, Ryerson University, March 12, 2015. |
"Corporate Responsibility and Liability to Punishment: Hart's Sea Captain Revisited". Society for Business Ethics (SBE), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 2, 2014. |
"Corporate Responsibility and Liability to Punishment", International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Canadian Section (CS-IVR), Congress, Brock University, St Catharines, May 29, 2014. |
"Commentary on Lendell Chad Horne, "What Makes Health Care 'Special'?", Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA), Congress, Brock University, St Catharines, May 28, 2014. |
"Theorizing Collective and Corporate Punishment: Hart's Sea Captain Revisited". McMaster University Philosophy Speaker Series, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, March 7, 2014. |
"From Thought Experiments to the Real World: Experimental Philosophy and Teaching and Research in Practical Ethics". Keynote Address for the Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics (CSSPE), Congress, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, June 4, 2013. |
"Rethinking Corporate Punishment", International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Canadian Section, Congress, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, June 1, 2013. |
"Promoting Access to Medicines Through Performance Based Innovation Rewards". Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP), Ryerson University, October 27, 2012. |
"Conceptualizing Compliance in the Context of International Law", International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Canadian Section, Congress, University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, May 26, 2012. |
"Genetic Injustice and Noxious Markets", 28th International Social Philosophy Conference, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 21, 2011. |
"The Right to Water: Human Rights and Global
Justice", 27th International Social Philosophy Conference, Ryerson
University, Toronto, Ontario, July 15, 2010. |
"The Nature and Justification of International Law:
Focusing on the Intersectionality of Human Rights", International
Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Canadian
Section, Congress, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, May 29, 2010. |
"Ethical Governance and Benefit Sharing in Biomedical
Research", Second Annual Pan American Collaboration for Ethics in
the Professions (PACE), University of Texas- Pan American, Edinburg,
Texas, April 13, 2010. |
"Symposium on Business Ethics and Human Rights",
Canadian Business Ethics Research Network (CBERN), York University, Toronto,
Ontario, February 25-28, 2010. |
"Banning Direct to Consumer Advertising of
Pharmaceuticals: A Human Rights Analysis of Third Party Paternalism
for Policy Reasons": Society for Business Ethics (SBE), Annual Meeting,
Chicago, Illinois, August 7, 2009. |
"Benefit Sharing and Human Rights in Contest:
Governance Models to the Rescue?". Co-Presented with Mary
Rollinson-Lorimer. Association for Practical and Professional
Ethics (APPE), Eighteenth Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 7, 2009. |
"Human Rights to Health and Environmental
Protection":
Rhetoric versus Reality". Co-Presented with Mary Rollinson-Lorimer, Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC), Vancouver, British
Columbia, June 6, 2008. |
"Policy Debates Over Direct to Consumer
Advertising", Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics (CSSPE),
Vancouver, British Columbia, June 2, 2008. |
"Banning Direct to Consumer Advertising of
Pharmaceuticals", Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), Seventeenth Annual Meeting,
San Antonio, Texas, February 23, 2008. |
"Human Rights and Intellectual Property: Tensions and
Hopes for Reconciliation", Association for Practical and
Professional Ethics (APPE), Fifteenth Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, Florida, March 3, 2006. |
"Human Rights and Intellectual Property: Critique,
Proposals for Reform and Three Generations", Association for Legal
and Social Philosophy, Trinity College, Dublin, July 1, 2006. |
"Freedom of Expression and Intellectual Property:
Censorship, Silencing and Copyright", Ethics, Creativity and
Copyright Conference, University of Calgary and Banff Centre, August
4, 2006. |
"Researchers' Ethics Under the Microscope: Clashing Cultures and Competing Virtues". Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), Fourteenth Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, February 25, 2005. |
Research Projects
SSHRC Funded Research, Standard Research Grant Principal Investigator
2006-2009
Project:
"Ethical Challenges of Biotechnology Governance: Sustainability
Through Innovation, Human Rights and Environmental Protection" |
SSHRC
Funded Research Development Initiative (Co-Investigator) Principal Investigator:
Wesley Cragg
Project: "Ethics at the Business/ Health Care Interface" |
SSHRC
Funded Strategic Knowledge Cluster (Co-Investigator), 2007-2014 Principal
Investigator: Wesley Cragg
Project: CBERN, Canadian Business Ethics
Research Network |
Summer 2007, Summer 2008, Fall 2008 and Winter 2009
Student Researchers: Susan Lai, Communication and Culture
(Masters) (Summer 2008)
Mary Rollinson-Lorimer, Environmental Applied Science and
Management (Masters) (All 4 Terms)
Liana Anoushka Pullenayegem, Environmental Applied Science
and Management (Masters) (Summer 2007)
Project: Ethical Challenges of Biotechnology
Governance: Sustainability Through Innovation, Human Rights and
Environmental Protection
Source of Funding: SSHRC Grant
|
Summer 2010
Student: Maya Nightingale-Fitzer, Arts and
Contemporary Studies (Bachelors)
Project: Application of Human Rights Impact Assessment
to Selected Case Studies
Source of Funding: Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO)
Scholars Program, Office of Research Services (ORS)Ryerson
University
|
Research Project: Litigation Strategies for Climate Justice
Student Researcher: Peter Moore, Environmental Applied Science and Management (Masters) (Winter - Summer 2012)
Student Researcher: David Spence, Environmental Applied Science and Management (Masters) (Winter - Summer 2011)
Source of Funding: Faculty of Arts, Ryerson University |
|
Graduate Supervision
Environmental Applied Science and Management Masters (MASc) program
Student: Khadijah Moinuddin (Supervisor)
Thesis Title: Filling the Integrity Gaps in Protection of Species at Risk Through Litigation and Stewardship: Policy Evaluation With a Focus on Ontario
Completion: January 2018 |
Student: Heather Adams (Co- Supervisor)
Thesis Title: Water Scarcity: Policy Evaluation with a Focus on Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario
Completion: September 2015 |
Student: Lisa Kingsmore (Co-Supervisor)
Thesis Title: The Management of Post-Consumer Pharmaceutical Waste: A Comparison Between British Columbia and Ontario Programs
Completion: September 2013 |
Student: Marilena Di Giuseppe (Supervisor)
Thesis Title: Bridging Science and Law Across Jurisdictions in Canadian Species At Risk Policy: Four Case Studies
Completion: January 2011 |
Philosophy Masters (MA) Program
Student: Laila Khoshkar (Co-Supervisor)
Major Research Paper Title: Toward an Interdependent Conception of the Self:
Implications for Canadian Policy Reform
Completion: May 2018 |
Student: Jenny Duffy (Supervisor)
Major Research Paper Title: A Feminist Response to Critiques of Sex Work: Drawing on Lived Experiences
Completion: May 2017 |
Student: Anthony Miller (Co-Supervisor)
Major Research Paper Title: Fiery Spirits and the Temperate Man: The Importance of Hobbes's Moral Psychology
Completion: May 2017 |
Student: Rebecca Kovacs (Supervisor)
Thesis Title: Acknowledging Nonhuman Persons: Reconstituting Our Conception of Personhood
Completion: May 2017 |
Student: Parisa Samet (Co-Supervisor)
Major Research Paper Title: Reconceiving Consent in Relation to Pregnancy and Parenting
Completion: May 2016 |
Student: Ayesha Bhatti (Supervisor)
Major Research Paper Title: Towards Global Justice: Access to Medications and the Need for Incentives
Completion: May 2015 |
Other Activities:
Ethics@Ryerson: Ethics
Network
Treasurer (and Past President) of Canadian Section of International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (CS-IVR)
|
|
|
|