Paul Ramsey
1913 – 1988
American Bioethics Project
AMERICAN
BIOETHICS
PROJECT
Mapping the people, ideas, institutions,
and debates that shaped American bioethics.
A digital historical repository exploring the development of bioethics in the United States through the people, ideas, institutions, and events that have shaped the field across medicine, law, science, technology, religion, policy, and public life.
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People
Bioethicists, clinicians, theologians, philosophers, activists, and others who shaped the field.
Browse People →Ideas
Key concepts, debates, and intellectual traditions in American bioethics.
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Universities, committees, hospitals, research centers, religious institutions, and more.
Browse Institutions →Events
Landmark publications, policies, cases, and moments that shaped the field.
View Timeline →FEATURED PEOPLE
Patricia A. King
1942 –
Henry K. Beecher
1904 – 1976
Daniel Callahan
1930 – 2019
Ruth Faden
1949 –
Willard Gaylin
1925 – 2022