From Clinic to Classroom: Medical Ethics and Moral Education - Hardcover

by Howard Radest (Author)

The current development of biomedical ethics is a source of radical critique not only in the clinic, but also in the classroom. This volume argues that today's moral education is too abstract to be effective and would benefit from the adoption of the practical approach which is typical of biomedical ethics--thinking with cases. In presenting this approach, Radest explores various issues of moral epistemology and advocates the urgency of realism and decision in ethics. The use of a rich and complex literature drawn from biomedical ethics, pedagogy, and philosophy serves to stimulate the reader to think through the moral complexity and ambivalence of modern experience.

Author Biography

HOWARD B. RADEST is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort, as well as Ethics Consultant to Hilton Head Hospital and Chair of its Medical Ethics Committee. He is Dean Emeritus of the Humanist Institute and a member of the National Council of Ethical Culture Leaders. He has published several books, including Can We Teach Ethics? (Praeger, 1989) and Humanism with a Human Face (Praeger, 1996).