Table of Contents

Introduction: The Theological, Medical and Philosophical Contexts of Paul Ramsey’s Medical Ethics.- Covenant-Centered Ethics: The Theological Context Of Paul Ramsey’s Medical Ethics.- Paul Ramsey’s Ethic of Covenant Fidelity.- Discerning Stewardship: Contemporary Philosophy and the Legacy of Paul Ramsey’s Medical Ethics.- I: Fundamental Issues.- Keeping Body and Soul Together.- The Right to Life and Human Dignity.- Applied Ethics and Communities of Value: The Distinctiveness of Medical Ethics.- Response I.- II: Theological Issues.- In Partnership With God: Health, Healing, and Jewish Tradition.- Technology and Tragedy: An Evangelical Theology of Care.- Response II.- III: Medical Issues.- The Devil’s Being God’s Best Inspiration: The Boundary between Research and Care.- Telling and Keeping Still; Reviving and Letting Go: The Ethics of “Do Not Resuscitate” Procedures.- Ramsey as Trellis: Paul Ramsey and the Evolution of Pediatric Medical Ethics.- Response III.- Should Physicians Hasten the Death Angel when She Paused In Her Flight? Peter T. Bohan Lecture in the Philosophy of Medicine.- An Interview With Paul Ramsey.