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K. Danner Clouser is one of the most important figures in establishing and shaping the fields of medical ethics, bioethics, and the philosophy of education in the second half of the twentieth century. Clouser challenged many established approaches to moral theory and offered innovative strategies for integrating the humanities into professional education, especially that of physicians and nurses. The contributions published in Building Bioethics: Conversations with Clouser and Friends on Medical Ethics are unique both in their devotion to a critical review of his contributions, and in bringing together internationally known figures in bioethics, medical ethics, and philosophy of medicine to comment upon Clouser's work. These leaders of the field include Tom Beauchamp, Daniel Callahan, James Childress, Nancy Dubler, H. Tristram Engelhardt, Al Jonsen, Loretta Kopelman, Larry McCullough, John Moskop, and Robert Veatch. This book merits special attention from those interested in bioethics, philosophy of medicine, medical ethics, philosophy, medical education, religious studies, and nursing education.
List of contents
Building the New Field of Bioethics.- Essays in Honor of K. Danner Clouser.- Principles or Rules?.- Ethics from the Top Down: A View from the Well.- The Influence of K. Danner Clouser: The Importance of Interpersonal Skills and Multidisciplinary Education.- Moral Knowledge, Moral Narrative, and K. Danner Clouser: The Search for Phronesis.- The Wittiest Ethicist.- Are Better Problem-Solvers Better People?.- The Liberal Arts Model of Medical Education: Its Importance and Limitations.- "The More Things Change...": Clouser on Bioethics in Medical Education.- Contract and the Critique of Principlism: Hypothetical Contract as Epistemological Theory and as Method of Conflict Resolution.- Comments and Responses.- Morality and Its Applications.- Concerning Principlism and Its Defenders: Reply to Beauchamp and Veatch.- Responses to Callahan, Dubler, Engelhardt, Jonsen, Kopelman, Mccullough, and Moskop.- Epilogue.- Response to all the Contibutors.
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`Therefore, for every reader who is interested in hte meta-ethical questions of biomedical ethics this volume can be of great help to better understand what is going on in this enduring debate.'
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 4:2(2001)
