James Franklin Childress

James Franklin Childress (born October 4, 1940 ) is a theologian, philosopher and (medical) ethicist at the University of Virginia . Here he is director of the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life and holds professorships in ethics , religious studies , public policy and research in medical education .

James Childress earned a bachelor's degree from Guildford College , a Bachelor of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, and both a Masters and Ph.D. from Yale University. From 1975 to 1979 he was Professor of Ethics at Georgetown University .

Childress is considered - together with Tom Beauchamp - as the founder of the "four principles model" of medical ethics . Their common standard work Principles of Biomedical Ethics appeared in the seventh edition in 2012 and has seen numerous translations.

In 1984 Childress received a Guggenheim grant . In 1987 he was elected as a fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science , in 1988 as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . He is also a member of the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine ).

Web links

• James F. Childress at the University of Virginia (virginia.edu)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ James F. Childress. In: gf.org. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, accessed October 8, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter C. (PDF; 1.3 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved October 8, 2018 .