Libertarian bioethics and religion: The case of H. Tristram Engelhardt, jr

Bioethics 18 (5):385-405 (2004)
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In this article I offer a critique of certain moral perspectives that are found in the second edition of Engelhardt’s Foundation of Bioethics. These views are spelled out in explicit detail in his second edition, and follow on the heels of a profound religious conversion. I question some of the conclusions that Engelhardt reaches as they touch upon moral frameworks, pluralism, and a ‘secular’ bioethics.

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10.1111/j.1467-8519.2004.00406.x

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