Liberty and Responsibility as Themes in the Founding of Bioethics
ABSTRACT
This discussion on the moral principles upon which contemporary bioethics is founded was accomplished through an examination of philosophical writings, government reports, and medical and clinical concerns.
READING LIST
Conference Readings
The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. The Belmont Report. Washington, DC: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1978.
Ainsle, Donald C. “Bioethics and the Problem of Pluralism.” Social Philosophy & Policy 19, no. 2 (Summer 2002): 1-28.
Beauchamp, Tom L., and James F. Childress. Principles of Biomedical Ethics. New York City: Oxford University Press, 1979.
Callahan, Daniel. “Bioethics as a Discipline.” Hastings Center Studies (1973): 66-73.
Clouser, K. Danner, “Bioethics” In Encyclopedia of Bioethics, edited by Warren T. Reich, 115-127. New York City: The Free Press, 1978.
Engelhardt, H. Tristram. The Foundations of Bioethics, second edition. New York City: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Fletcher, Joseph. Morals and Medicine. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1954.
Ramsey, Paul. The Patient as Person. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970.
Ramsey, Paul. Fabricated Man. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970.
Reich, Warren T., “Introduction” In Encyclopedia of Bioethics, edited by Warren T. Reich, xv-xxii. New York City: The Free Press, 1978.
Wildes, Kevin Wm., “Global and Particular Bioethics” In Global Bioethics: The Collapse of Consensus, edited by Engelhardt, H. Tristram, 362-379. Salem, MA: M & M Scrivener Press, 2006.