Is There an Ethicist in the House?: On the Cutting Edge of Bioethics

by Jonathan D. Moreno

In this timely book, Jonathan D. Moreno takes up some of the most important questions in clinical ethics today. Moreno's view is that moral values emerge out of human experience, a view that creates a compelling conceptual framework for bioethics. To begin, Moreno recalls his experience as a hospital ethicist and how that shaped his understanding of what bioethics is about, both as theory and practice. His focus then turns to a difficult moral paradox:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253346355
• ISBN13: 9780253346353
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"