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Feature: Is DOGE Sure It Wants to Fire These People?

Juliette Kayyem examines the negative effects that Elon Musks’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could have on the safety of everyday Americans.

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Feature: Private Benefits from Public Investment in Climate Resilience

Joseph Aldy finds that governmental construction of levees, which enhance resilience to flood risks amplified by climate change, increases home values by 3-4 percent.

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Feature: Assessing Government Outreach to Bolster Benefits Take-Up

Elizabeth Linos finds that light-touch interventions significantly, consistently, and cost-effectively increase benefits take-up among low-income households, while higher-touch proactive outreach yields minimal additional take-up.

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Feature: Excess Mortality Rate in U.S. Black Children Since 1950

Soroush Saghafian finds that 5 million excess deaths of Black Americans, including over 500,000 infants, could have been avoided over the past 70 years if their mortality rates were equal to those of White Americans.

Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

What Is and Is Not Wrong with Enhancement?

Kamm, Frances. "What Is and Is Not Wrong with Enhancement?" KSG Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP06-020, May 2006.

Terrorism and Several Moral Distinctions.

Kamm, Frances. "Terrorism and Several Moral Distinctions." Legal Theory 12.1 (March 2006): 19-69.

Intricate Ethics: Rights, Responsibilities, and Permissible Harm

Kamm, Frances. Intricate Ethics: Rights, Responsibilities, and Permissible Harm. Oxford University Press, 2006.

Ethical Issues in Using and Not Using Embryonic Stem Cells.

Kamm, Frances. "Ethical Issues in Using and Not Using Embryonic Stem Cells." Stem Cell Reviews 1 (Summer 2006).

Is There a Problem with Enhancement?

Kamm, Frances. "Is There a Problem with Enhancement?" American Journal of Bioethics 5.3 (May-June 2005): 5-14.

Terror and Collateral Damage: Are They Permissible?

Kamm, Frances. "Terror and Collateral Damage: Are They Permissible?" The Journal of Ethics 9.3-4 (October 2005): 381-401.

Aggregation and Two Moral Methods.

Kamm, Frances. "Aggregation and Two Moral Methods." Utilitas 17.1 (March 2005).

Moral Status and Personal Identity: Clones, Embryos, and Future Generations.

Kamm, Frances. "Moral Status and Personal Identity: Clones, Embryos, and Future Generations." Social Philosophy & Policy 22.2 (Summer 2005): 283-307.

Ethical Issues in Munchausen Syndrome.

Kamm, Frances. "Ethical Issues in Munchausen Syndrome." Ethical Dilemmas in Pediatrics. Ed. Lory R. Frankel, Amnon Goldworth, Mary V. Rorty, and William A. Silverman. Cambridge University Press, June 2005, 67-79.

Failures of Just War Theory: Terror, Harm, and Justice.

Kamm, Frances. "Failures of Just War Theory: Terror, Harm, and Justice." Ethics 114.4 (July 2004): 650-692.

Ronald Dworkin on Abortion and Assisted Suicide.

Kamm, Frances. "Ronald Dworkin on Abortion and Assisted Suicide." Dworkin and His Critics. Ed. Justine Burley; with replies by Ronald M. Dworkin. Blackwell, 2004.

Deciding Whom to Help, Health-Adjusted Life Years, and Disabilities.

Kamm, Frances. "Deciding Whom to Help, Health-Adjusted Life Years, and Disabilities." Public Health, Ethics, and Equity. Ed. Sudhir Anand, Fabienne Peter, and Amartya Sen. Oxford University Press, 2004.

Harming Some to Save Others from the Nazis.

Kamm, Frances. "Harming Some to Save Others from the Nazis." Moral Philosophy and the Holocaust. Ed. Geoffrey Scarre and Eve Garrard. Ashgate, 2003.

Rescuing Ivan Ilych: How We Live and How We Die.

Kamm, Frances. "Rescuing Ivan Ilych: How We Live and How We Die." Ethics 113.2 (January 2003): 202-233.

Whether to Discontinue Nonfutile Use of a Scarce Resource.

Kamm, Frances. "Whether to Discontinue Nonfutile Use of a Scarce Resource." Rationing Sanity: Ethical Issues in Managed Mental Health Care. Ed. James Lindemann Nelson. Georgetown University Press, 2003, 55-78.