Gerontology Center

Faculty

E-mail: mcutter@mail.uccs.edu

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Philosophy, Georgetown University/Kennedy Institute of Ethics Program, 1988.
M.A., Ethics, Georgetown University/Kennedy Institute of Ethics Program, 1982.
B.A., Philosophy and Psychology (double major), Pre-Medical Track, Georgetown University, 1979.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Philosophy of medicine and health care ethics.
Social and political philosophy, and modern classical philosophy.

ONGOING PROJECTS:

I am in the process of working on a sole-authored book entitled The Evolution of Disease: An Inquiry Concerning Knowing and Valuing.

I am working on a book, co-edited with Kurt Bayertz, entitled Philosophy of Medicine.

I am working, together with several other authors, on a high-school and college instructional manual entitled Genes, Environment, and Human Behavior.

PUBLICATIONS:

Cutter, M. A. G., et al. (1997). The puzzle of inheritance: Genetics and the methods of science. Colorado: Biological Sciences Curriculum Study.

Cutter, M. A. G. (1992). Science, technology, and the art of medicine: European-American dialogues. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer.

Cutter, M. A. G. (1991). When are competent patients incompetent?: A study of informal competency determinations in primary care. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer.

NON-ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:

Raising three children, volunteer at Soda Creek Elementary School, running, skiing.

HOMETOWN:

Stamford, Connecticut.