This literally "refreshing" collection is based on the notion that the future of bioethics is inseparable from its past. Seminal works provide a unique and relatively unexplored vehicle for investigating not only where bioethics began, but where it may be going as well. In this volume, a number of the pioneers in bioethics—Tom Beauchamp, Lisa Sowle Cahill, James Childress, Charles E. Curran, Patricia King, H. Tristram Engelhardt, William F. May, Edmund D. Pellegrino, Warren Reich, Robert Veatch and LeRoy Walters—reflect on their early work and how they fit into the past and future of bioethics. Coming from many disciplines, generations, and perspectives, these trailblazing authors provide a broad overview of the history and current state of the field. Invaluable to anyone with a serious interest in the development and future of bioethics, at a time when new paths into medical questions are made almost daily, The Story of Bioethics is a Baedeker beyond compare.

PrefaceEran P. Klein and Jennifer K. Walter

Part One: Theories in Bioethics

1. From Medical Ethics to a Moral Philosophy of the ProfessionsEdmund D. Pellegrino

2. The Origins, Goals, and Core Commitments of The Belmont Report and Principles of Biomedical EthicsTom L. Beauchamp

3. Principles of Biomedical Ethics: Reflections on a Work in ProgressJames F. Childress

4. Revisiting A Theory of Medical Ethics: Main Themes and Anticipated ChangesRobert M. Veatch

5. The Foundations of Bioethics: Rethinking the Meaning of MoralityH. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.

Part Two: Moral Theology in Bioethics

6. The Catholic Moral Tradition in BioethicsCharles E. Curran

7. Richard A. McCormick, SJ's "To Save or Let Die: The Dilemma of Modern Medicine"Lisa Sowle Cahill

8. Contending Images of the Healer in an Era of Turnstile MedicineWilliam F. May

Part Three: Boundaries and Issues of Inclusion in Bioethics

9. Shaping and Mirroring the Field: The Encyclopedia of BioethicsWarren T. Reich

10. The Dangers of Difference, RevisitedPatricia A. King

Afterword: The Birth and Youth of the Kennedy Institute of EthicsLeRoy Walters

Index