James Childress

James Childress

James Franklin Childress (born 4 October 1940) is a philosopher and theologian mainly concerned with ethics, particularly biomedical ethics. Currently he is the John Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. He is also Professor of Medical Education at this university and directs its Institute for Practical Ethics. He has obtained a B.A. from Guilford College, a B.D. from Yale Divinity School, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University.He was vice chair of the national Task Force on Organ Transplantation, and he has also served on the Board of Directors of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the UNOS Ethics Committee, the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, the Human Gene Therapy Subcommittee, the Biomedical Ethics Advisory Committee, and several Data and Safety Monitoring Boards for NIH clinical trials. From 1996 to 2001, he served on the presidentially-appointed National Bioethics Advisory Commission.

His works include:
* "Principles of biomedical ethics", 5th ed., Oxford: Oxford Univ. Pr. 2001 (with Tom L. Beauchamp).
* "Practical reasoning in bioethics", Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Pr. 1997.
* "A new dictionary of Christian ethics", London: SCM Press 1986 (co-edited with John Macquarrie).
* "Who should decide? Paternalism in health care", New York: Oxford Univ. Pr. 1982.
* "Moral responsibility in conflicts. Essays on nonviolence, war, and conscience", Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ. Pr. 1982.
* "Priorities in biomedical ethics", Philadelphia: Westminster Pr. 1981.
* "Civil disobedience and political obligation. A study in Christian social ethics", New Haven: Yale Univ. Pr. 1971.

External links

* [http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/bio-ethics/childress.cfm James F. Childress's homepage at the University of Virginia]


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