Bioethicists

Value pluralism

Bioethicists come from a wide variety of backgrounds and have training in a diverse array of disciplines. The field contains individuals trained in philosophy such as Deryck Beyleveld of Durham University, Daniel Brock of Harvard University, Baruch Brody of Rice University, Arthur Caplan of NYU, Joseph Fins of Cornell University, Frances Kamm of Rutgers University, Daniel Callahan of the Hastings Center, Peter Singer of Princeton University, and Julian Savulescu of the University of Oxford; medically trained clinician ethicists such as Mark Siegler of the University of Chicago; lawyers such as Nancy Dubler of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Jerry Menikoff of the federal Office for Human Research Protections; political scientists like Francis Fukuyama; religious studies scholars including James Childress; and theologians like Lisa Sowle Cahill and Stanley Hauerwas.