Elias Baumgarten
Professional
Appointments
Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Member, Adult Ethics Committee and Pediatric
Research Associate,
Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies,
Education
A.B.,
M.A., Northwestern University
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Areas of
Specialization
Ethical Theory
Bioethics
Ethics of War, Peace, and Nationalism
Ethics and
Social Policy
Memberships
American
Philosophical Association
American
Association for Bioethics and Humanities
World Congress
of Bioethics
Concerned Philosophers for
Peace
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Distinguished Teaching Award,
Member, Board of Advisors, Medical Updates, since 1996-1999.
Member, Board of Advisors, Jewish
Peace Lobby, since 1998.
Selected Publications
Should Physicians Help Patients Die? A Philosophical
Perspective, Medical Updates on Therapy
Diagnosis and Prevention, quarterly
journal of the American International Health Council, (hereafter, Medical
Updates), Volume 1, Number 1, September 1997.
The Concept of Patient Autonomy, Part 1, Medical Updates, Volume 2, No.3, July-September 1999.
The Concept of Patient Autonomy, Part 2, Medical Updates, Volume 2, No. 4, October-December, 1999.
[Medical Updates was a
journal published in English and Arabic and intended for health professionals
in the Arab world. It stopped publishing after about 1999.]
Review of John F. Monagle and David C. Thomasma, editors, Health Care Ethics: Critical Issues for the
21st Century. American
Family Physician (official clinical journal of the
Zionism, Nationalism, and Morality, in Nationalism and Ethnic
Conflict: Philosophical Perspectives, ed. Nenad Miscević, Open Court
Publishing Company, 2000.
Curiosity as a Moral Virtue, in International Journal
of Applied Philosophy, Fall 2001.
In Search of a Morally Acceptable Nationalism, Special
issue on Global Ethics, Journal of
Ecumenical Studies, Summer 2007, Temple University Press.
“Review
Essay: An Honest and Insightful Look at the Medical Profession,” discussion of Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an
Imperfect Science, by Atul Gawande in Ethics
in Focus, publication of the Medical Ethics Resource Network, 2008.
"Reflections
on a Quarter Century as a Hospital Bioethicist," submitted for
publication,
September, 2010.
Selected Presentations
Respecting Cultural Diversity in Medical Practice, Bioethics
Grand Rounds,
Moral Claims to Citizenship: A Response to Blake, American
Philosophical Association,
Does a Person Ever Have a Duty to Die? Bioethics Grand Grounds,
The Ethics of Managed Care,
The Ethics of Humanitarian Military Intervention: A
Response to Lucas, American Philosophical Association,
Zionism, Nationalism, and Morality, Philosophy Symposium,
Ethics in Medical Research, co-leader, Student Biomedical
Research Program Seminar, University of Michigan Medical School, July 1999,
July 2000, July 2001, and June 2002.
Managed Care: How Bad Can It Get? How Good Can It Be?
Bioethics Grand Rounds,
Is
Nothing Sacred? The Role of the Sacred in Scientific Medicine Bioethics Grand
Rounds,
Dealing
with Noncompliant Patients, Kidney Foundation of
Curiosity
as a Moral Virtue,
In
Search of a Morally Acceptable Nationalism,
Curiosity
and Reverence as Contrasting Moral Virtues, (revised version of “Curiosity as a
Moral Virtue”), Boğaziçi Üniversites (
Panelist
on futile medical care and physician-nurse conflicts; annual conference of
Medical Ethics Resource Network; May 2008.
Panelist
on a “good death”; annual conference of Medical Ethics Resource Network; May
2009.
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of some of the above articles
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