Professor

Department of Philosophy and Religion

The University of North Carolina

601 South College Road

Wilmington, North Carolina 28403-3297

(910) 962-3558

gauthierc@uncw.edu

Assistant Clinical Professor

School of Medicine

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Education

The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Ph.D., Philosophy, awarded 1985

Dissertation: The Morality of Intentional Influence, directed by Stephen L. Darwall and Gerald J. Postema

The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

M.A., Philosophy, awarded 1978

Thesis: Punishment for Intentions, directed by Stephen L. Darwall

The State University of New York, Potsdam, New York

M.S., Education, awarded 1975

The State University of New York, Oswego, New York

B.A., Education/Philosophy, awarded 1970

Professional History

Professor (2004- present)

Associate Professor (1992 - 2003)

Assistant Professor (1986-1992)

Department of Philosophy and Religion

The University of North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina

Areas of Specialization

Ethical Theory                        Media Ethics                           

Applied Ethics                        Research Ethics                

Medical Ethics                    

Teaching Experience

Introduction to Philosophy                                         Introduction to Logic

Introduction to Ethics                                                Contemporary Ethical Theory

Ethical Theory: Kant and Mill                                    Philosophy of Art

Bioethics                                                                  Matters of Life and Death                   

HIV and AIDS: Issues for Science and Society         Media Ethics                            

Ethics of Scientific Research

Professional Organizations

American Philosophical Association

American Society for Bioethics and Humanities/Society for Health and Human Values

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics

Professional Activities

Institutional Ethics Committee, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1991 - present.

Institutional Review Board, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1990 - present.

Ethics Conferences, Internal Medicine and Family Medicine Residency Programs, Coastal Area Health Education Center, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1988 - present.

Advisory Board, Coastal Bioethics Network, 1994 - 2000.

Ethics Committee Workshops: 

Comprehensive Home Health Care, Wilmington, North Carolina, April 1994;

Lower Cape Fear Hospice, Wilmington, North Carolina, May 1994; 

Grace Hospital, Morganton, North Carolina, October 1993; 

John Umstead Hospital, Butner, North Carolina, March 1993; 

Cape Fear Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, North Carolina, March 1993; 

New Hanover County Home Health Agency, Wilmington, North Carolina, March, April 1993; 

Bladen County Hospital, Elizabethtown, North Carolina, March, April 1992, October 1993; 

New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, North Carolina, May 1991; 

DCH Regional Medical Center, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, August, 1990.

University Activities

Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects, 1987 - present; Chair, 1990 - present.

Philosophy and Religion Lecture Series, Kant and Mill on Respect for Autonomy, February 1992.

Philosophy and Religion Lecture Series, Paternalism in Women's Health Care: Sociological and Ethical Analyses, with Dr. Eleanor Maxwell, November 1988.

Philosophy and Religion Lecture Series, The Impact of Recombinant DNA Technology on Genetic Screening, December 1986.

Guest lectures: Religious Cults in America, Biosocial Issues, Euthanasia, Abortion, Ethics in Nursing, HIV Testing and Confidentiality, Ethical Issues in Medical Technology, Ethical Issues in the Health Sciences, Research Ethics, Ethics of Documentary Film Making.

Presentations

News Media Coverage of National Tragedies: Public Discourse as Public Grieving, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, March 2003.

IRB Oversight of Social Science and Behavioral Research, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 2002.

A Comparison of Medical Ethics and Media Ethics, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 2001.

Toward a Theory of Professional Responsibility in Public Relations, with Kathy Fitzpatrick, First Annual Colloquium on Applied Media Ethics, Park City, Utah, October, 2000.

Terminal Sedation and Active Voluntary Euthanasia, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual Meeting, Washington DC, February, 2000.

Unfinished Business in Bioethics, Bioethics: The Next Twenty-Five Years, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, April, 2000.

Moral Responsibility in the Health Care Context, Society for Health and Human Values Spring Meeting, Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, NC, March, 1998.

Respect for Autonomy and Moral Responsibility: Meeting the Communitarian Challenge, Society for Health and Human Values Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, November, 1997.

Television Drama and Popular Film as Medical Narrative, Society for Health and Human Values Annual Meetings, Baltimore, Maryland, November, 1997.

Teaching the Virtues: Justifications and Recommendations, Society for Health and Human Values Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, October 1995.

Ethics for Social Workers Based on the NASW Code of Ethics, National Association of Social Workers North Carolina Chapter Annual Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 1995.

Community Outreach in the Medical Humanities. Society for Health and Human Values Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 1994.

Respect for Autonomy in the Delivery of Health Care, Seminar on Ethical Issues in Today's Health Care Setting, Cape Fear Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, North Carolina, May 1993.

Visual Art in Medical Education, Society for Health and Human Values Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, November 1992.

Medical Ethics for the Clinical Laboratorian, North Carolina Society for Medical Technology Fall Education Seminar, Wilmington, North Carolina, October 1992

Ethical Issues in Chaplaincy, North Carolina Chaplains Association Annual Meeting, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, May 1991.

HIV Testing, Informed Consent, and Confidentiality, North Carolina Philosophical Society Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina, February 1991.

Ethical Issues in Perinatal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, August 1990.

Ethical Issues in Perinatal Social Work, National Conference of Perinatal Social Workers, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, May 1990.

Time Demands and Medical Ethics in Women's Health Care, with Dr. Eleanor Maxwell, Third International Congress on Women's Health Issues, Tampa, Florida, November 1988.

Ethical and Public Policy Issues, Conference on Families with Severely Disabled Infants: Support within the Community, Wilmington Area Health Education Center, June 1988.

Ethical Dilemmas in the Nursing Care of Imperiled Newborns, Third Annual Newborn Care Nurses Conference, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, September 1987.

Publications

"Ethical Principles for End-of-Life Decision Making," 220-237, in Final Acts: Death, Dying, and the Choices We Make, edited by Nan Bauer-Maglin and Donna Perry, Rutgers University Press, 2010.

"Understanding and Respecting Privacy," 215-230, in Journalism Ethics: A Philosophical Approach, edited by Christopher Myers, Oxford University Press, 2010.

"Evidence-Based Medical Ethics: Cases for Practice-Based Learning, co-authored with John Snyder, MD (Humana Press, 2008).

"The Virtue of Moral Responsibility and the Obligations of Patients," The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 30:2 (2005) 153- 166.

"News Media Coverage of National Tragedies: Public Discourse as Public Grieving," International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 17:1 (2003) 33-45.

"The Virtue of Moral Responsibility in Healthcare Decisionmaking," Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 11:3 (2002) 273-281.

"Privacy Invasion by the News Media: Three Ethical Models," Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 17:1 (2002) 20-34.

"Active Voluntary Euthanasia, Terminal Sedation, and Assisted Suicide," The Journal of Clinical Ethics, 12:1 (2001) 52-59.

"Toward a Professional Responsibility Theory of Public Relations Ethics," Co-authored with Kathy Fitzpatrick, Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 16:2&3 (2001) 193-212.

"Respect for Autonomy and Moral Responsibility: Meeting the Communitarian Challenge," Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 10:4 (2000) 337-352.

'The Right to Know, Press Freedom, and Public Discourse," Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 14:4 (1999) 197-212.

"Television Drama and Popular Film as Medical Narrative," Journal of American Culture, 22:3 (1999) 23-25.

"Teaching the Virtues: Justifications and Recommendations," Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 6: 3 (1997) 339-346.

"The Value of Emotionally Expressive Visual Art in Medical Education," The Journal of Medical Humanities, 17:2 (1996) 73-83.

"Philosophical Foundations of Respect for Autonomy," Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 3:1 (1993) 21-37.

"HIV Testing, Informed Consent, and Confidentiality," North Carolina Medical Journal, 52:11 (1991) 558-562.

"Time Demands and Medical Ethics in Women's Health Care," co-authored with Dr. Eleanor Maxwell, Health Care for Women International, 12:2 (1991) 153-165.

"Ethical Issues in Perinatal Social Work," National Association of Perinatal Social Workers Forum, 10:4 (1990) 6-9.

"HIV Testing and Confidentiality," BioLaw: A Legal and Ethical Reporter on Medicine, Health Care, and Bioengineering, 2:36 & 37 (1990) S: 349-365.

"The Enforcement of Federal Underground Storage Tank Regulations," Environmental Law, 20:2 (1990) 261-289.

"The Impact of Recombinant DNA Technology on Genetic Screening," Public Affairs Quarterly, 3:1 (1989) 25-48.