BioEthicWorld

BioEthicWorld - Craig Paterson, Ph.D. Director

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About Us

BioEthicWorld was founded by Dr. Craig Paterson in order to promote informed ethical decision making in bioethics and public policy. The key misison of BioEthicWorld is to provide high quality independent consultancy services in bioethics to clients and to provide general information and advice to the public. Our Director has a law degree with distinction from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and a doctoral degree in Health Care Ethics from Saint Louis University. He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Health. Prior to setting up as an independent consultant in bioethics, he has held teaching positions in bioethics at Saint Louis University and at Providence College, Rhode Island.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keynote Publication

Craig Paterson, Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: A Natural Law Ethcs Approach. Live Questions in Ethics and Moral Philosophy. Ashgate, 2008. ISBN: 0 7546 5746 9

Description

As medical technology advances and severely injured or ill people can be kept alive and functioning long beyond what was previously medically possible, the debate surrounding the ethics of end-of-life care and quality-of-life issues has grown more urgent. In this lucid and vigorous new book, Paterson  rehabilitates and revitalises the natural law approach to moral reasoning by developing a pluralistic account of just why we are required by practical rationality to respect and not violate key demands generated by the primary goods of persons, especially human life.

Reviews

1. 'A very clear, useful and timely contribution.'
John Haldane, University of St Andrews, UK.

2 ' ... a welcome contribution to the debate.'
John Keown, Rose F Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics, Georgetown University, USA.

3. 'I highly recommend the book to all those interested in either bioethics or natural law moral theory.'
Professor Philip Devine, Providence College, USA.

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BioEthicWorld - Craig Paterson, Ph.D. Director

ph: (310) 428-0954
fax: (310) 455-1740