H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.
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| Hugo Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. | |
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| Born | 1941 Texas |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy |
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Main interests
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Medical ethics, philosophy of medicine, political philosophy |
Hugo Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. (born in 1941) is an American philosopher, holding doctorates in both philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin and medicine from Tulane University. He is a professor of philosophy at Rice University, in Houston, Texas, specializing in the history and philosophy of medicine, particularly from the standpoint of continental philosophy. He is also a professor emeritus at Baylor College of Medicine, and a member of the Baylor Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy.
He is currently editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy and Christian Bioethics. He also edits the Book series Philosophy and Medicine. He is a fellow of the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution.
He was raised as a Roman Catholic, but converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church in 1991.
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- Living people
- American philosophers
- American philosophy academics
- Rice University faculty
- Tulane University School of Medicine alumni
- University of Texas at Austin alumni
- Baylor College of Medicine physicians and researchers
- Eastern Orthodox Christians from the United States
- Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy from Roman Catholicism
- Hastings Center Fellows
- Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Former Roman Catholics
