Profession of Conscience : : The Making and Meaning of Life-Sciences Liberalism / / Robert H. Sprinkle.
What happens to a profession that loses the memory of its moral independence? And what happens then to those reliant on its honor, its advocacy, its initiative? In an era of biotechnological adventure, medical audacity, ecological disruption, fiscal strain, and financial temptation, these are urgent...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [1994] ©1995 |
| Year of Publication: | 1994 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (275 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- I. A History of Convictions
- II. From First Problems to the Edge of Modernity
- III. From the Scientific Attitude to the Universalist Sentiment
- IV. From the Scientific Revolution to the Liberal Expectation
- V. From Nonliberal Alternatives to the Liberal Reestablishment
- VI. From Altruismto Activism
- VII. Life-Sciences Liberalismin Abstract and Competition
- VIII. Protecting the State
- IX. Pursuing the National Political Advantage
- X. Aggrandizing the Corporation
- XI. Privatizing the Common Inheritance of Humankind
- XII. Advancing the Public Health
- XIII. Groping in the Light
- NOTES
- INDEX