Bioethics Critically Reconsidered

A Skeptical Introduction to Bioethics - H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr..-

I. History of Bioethics: Four Perspectives.-

Beginning Bioethics – Michael S. Yesley.-

The Genesis of a Totalizing Ideology: Bioethics’ Inner Hippie – Griffin Trotter.-

Bioethics and Professional Medical Ethics: Mapping and Managing an Uneasy Relationship – Laurence B. McCullough.-

Two Rival Understandings of Autonomy: Paternalism, and Bioethical Principlism – Aaron E. Hinkley.-

II. The Practice of Bioethics and Clinical Ethics Consultation: Three Views.-

Bioethics as Political Ideology – Mark J. Cherry.-

The “s” in Bioethics: Past, Present and Future – Ana S. Iltis and Adrienne Carpenter.-

Why Clinical Bioethics So Rarely Gives Morally Normative Guidance: Some Critical Reflections – H. T. Engelhardt, Jr..-

III. The Incredible Search for Bioethical Professionalism: Some Final Critical Reflections on Circular Thinking.-

On the Social Construction of Health Care Ethics Consultation - Jeffrey P. Bishop.-

Notes on Contributors.-

Index.