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Joseph Fletcher

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American academic, theorist of ethics (1905-1991)

United StatesLived 1905 to 1991 · aged 86
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Joseph Francis Fletcher was an American professor who founded the theory of situational ethics in the 1960s. Fletcher was a pioneer in the field of bioethics, and a leading academic proponent of the potential benefits of abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, eugenics, and cloning.

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1974Humanist of the Year

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Joseph Francis Fletcher was an American professor who founded the theory of situational ethics in the 1960s. Fletcher was a pioneer in the field of bioethics, and a leading academic proponent of the potential benefits of abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, eugenics, and cloning. He was ordained as an Episcopal priest, later identifying himself as an atheist.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1905 to 1991 · aged 86
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