This volume brings together a set of critical essays on the thought of Professor Doctor H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr., Co-Founding Editor of the Philosophy and Medicine book series. Amongst the founders of bioethics, Professor Engelhardt, looms large. Many of his books and articles have appeared in multiple languages, including Italian, Romanian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Chinese. The essays in this book focus critically on a wide swath of his work, in the process elucidating, critiquing, and/or commending the rigor and reach of his thought. This volume compasses analyses of many different aspects of Engelhardt's work, including social and political philosophy, biopolitics, the philosophy of medicine, and bioethics. It brings together internationally known scholars to assess key elements of Engelhardt's work.

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At the Foundations of Bioethics: Critical Essays on the Thought of Professor H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.; Mark J. Cherry, Ana S. Iltis, and Lisa M. Rasmussen.- Part I: Critical Essays.- A Critical Appraisal of Engelhardt on The Enlightenment Project; Laurence B. McCullough.- Diversity in Clinical Ethics; George J. Agich.- Recognizing the Difference that Faith Makes: H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., on Life-Ending Medical Interventions; John C. Moskop.- The Foundations of Secular Bioethics; Stephen Wear.- Disease, Bioethics, and Philosophy of Medicine: The Contributions of H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.; Mary Ann Gardell Cutter.- A Transcendental Argument for Agreement As the Sole Sufficient Basis of a Philosophical Ethic; George Khushf.- Equality is Problematic: Engelhardt on Fair Equality of Opportunity, Health Care, and the Family; Ruiping Fan.- Bioethics After the Death of God Reflections on an Engelhardtian Theme; Mark J. Cherry.- The Ethical Conduct of Research: The Legacy of theThree Principles; Ana Smith Iltis Non-Certain Foundations: Clinical Ethics Consultation for the Rest of Us; Lisa M. Rasmussen.- Moral Strangers, Proceduralism, and Moral Consensus Fabrice Jotterand.- Cracks in the Foundations of Engelhardt's Bioethics; Jeremy R. Garrett.- Part II: Personal Reflections.- Two Score Years Ago; Laurence McCullough.- A Recollection with Appreciation; George J. Agich.- H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. A Personal Reflection; John Moskop.- Post-Apocalyptic Tris; Eric Juengst.- Ode to Tris; Mary Ann Gardell Cutter.- The Engelhardt Experience; Ana Smith Iltis.- Studying with H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.: Lessons in an Engelhardtian Weltanschauung; Lisa Rasmussen.- H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.: The Man Behind the Scholar; Fabrice Jotterand.- Apprenticing with H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.: A Tribute to the Founder of Our Thing; Jeremy R. GarrettDr. H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.: Scholar, Gentleman, Friend; Chris Ralston.- Tris Engelhardt: Teacher and Mentor; Jennifer Bulcock.