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In the still-emerging field of medical ethics Paul Ramsey’s voice has surely been heard. With the publication of The Patient as Person in 1970, Ramsey established himself as his generation’s most influential American Protestant writer on medical ethics. Unfortunately, however, Ramsey’s conclusions are often better known than the rationale behind them. In order to recognize the rich theological perspective that lies behind Ramsey’s opinions, I will present a brief synopsis of the general theological perspective that nourishes his understanding of the issues.
A previous and extended version of this work appeared in Second Opinion 6, Park Ridge Center, Chicago Illinois, and in Verhey, Allen and Lammers, Stephen E. (Eds.): 1993, Theological Voices in Medical Ethics Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Smith, D.H. (2002). Covenant-Centered Ethics. In: Vaux, K.L., Vaux, S., Stenberg, M. (eds) Covenants of Life. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 77. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9898-9_1
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