“The Development of Bioethics in the United States: An Introduction”.- Part I: The Birth of Bioethics: Historical Analysis.- 2. Eric J. Cassell – “The Beginnings of Bioethics”.- 3. Howard Brody – “Teaching at the University of Texas Medical Branch, 1971-74: Humanities, Ethics, or Both?”.- 4. John Collins Harvey – “André Hellegers, the Kennedy Institute, and the Development of Bioethics: The American-European Connection”.- 5. H.T. Engelhardt, Jr. – “Bioethics as a Liberal Catholic Heresy: Critical Reflections on the Founding of Bioethics”.- Part II: The Nature of Bioethics: Cultural and Philosophical Analysis.- 6. Warren T. Reich – “A Corrective for Bioethical Malaise: Revisiting The Cultural Influences That Shaped the Identity of Bioethics”.- 7. George J. Annas – “American Biopolitics”.- 8. Carson Strong – “Medicine and Philosophy: The Coming Together of an Odd Couple”.- 9. Loretta M. Kopelman – “The Growth of Bioethics as a Second-Order Discipline”.- Part III: The Practice of Bioethics: Professional Dimensions.- 10. Robert M. Veatch – “The Development of Bioethics: Bringing Physician Ethics into the Moral Consensus”.- 11. Laurence B. McCullough – “Bioethics and Professional Medical Ethics: Mapping and Managing an Uneasy Relationship”.- 12. Edmund L. Erde – “Professionalism vs. Medical Ethics in the Current Era: A Battle of Giants?”.- Part IV: The Future of Bioethics: Looking Ahead.- 13. Richard M. Zaner – “Themes and Schemes in the Development of Bioethics in the United States”.- 14. Edmund D. Pellegrino – “Medical Ethics and Moral Philosophy in anEra of Bioethics”.- 15. Albert R. Jonsen – “Prolegomenon to any Future Bioethics”.

In only four decades, bioethics has transformed from a fledgling field into a complex, rapidly expanding, multidisciplinary field of inquiry and practice. Its influence can be found not only in our intellectual and biomedical institutions, but also in almost every facet of our social, cultural, and political life. This volume maps the remarkable development of bioethics in American culture, uncovering the important historical factors that brought it into existence, analyzing its cultural, philosophical, and professional dimensions, and surveying its potential future trajectories. Bringing toge