Covenants of Life: Contemporary Medical Ethics in Light of the Thought of Paul Ramsey (Philosophy and Medicine, 77) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402010532 ISBN 13: 9781402010538

Publisher: Springer, 2002

Synopsis

The intense fervor of a Mississippi Methodist preacher, the meticulous reasoning of an Oxford logician, the dogged persistence of a head longshoreman, the unflagging humor of a Rabelaisian satirist. To have met Paul Ramsey at a lecture in a medical university; a heady conference at Hastings-on­ Hudson; a congressional hearing; deliberations at a church assembly; or a bull session in some coffee shop was to be confronted with a gentleman of unforgettable energy, insight, and delight. In many roles--as a young instructor in religious studies at Princeton University, a concerned moral theologian commenting on the ethics of the "sit-ins" and nuclear issues, an observer and dialogue partner with physicians at Georgetown and other medical centers, a faithful editor and analyst of Jonathan Edwards' ethical writings, a trustee of the Hastings center, a voluminous correspondent with others who would join to disciplined pursuit of values--Paul Ramsey in all roles was indefatigable in zeal, rigorous in demand and gracious in coadventuring (to use one of his wonderful metaphors). This volume captures a unique exchange between Paul Ramsey and his most prominent colleagues. In one sense it remains a Festschrift in his honor, characterized, at times, by a markedly informal tone.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402010532
• ISBN 13: 9781402010538
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 268
• Editor: Vaux K.L., Stenberg M.