Thieves of Virtue: When Bioethics Stole Medicine

MIT Press (2012)
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Bioethics claimed to offer a set of generally applicable, universally accepted guidelines that would simplify complex situations. In Thieves of Virtue, Tom Koch argues that bioethics has failed to deliver on its promises.

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