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(Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Vol. 171.) Edited by Michael A. Grodin. 205 pp. boston, Kluwer Academic, 1995. $59.50. ISBN 0-7923-3344-6.

Interest in medical ethics springs from many sources, and each interest group brings to the discussion of ethics its own perspective and agenda and, in some cases, its own language or jargon. Defining the foundations or essential concepts of medical ethics is therefore an appealing way to find a common ground for communication and understanding, and could also lead to a more peaceful civil life. Philosophy, at least since the days of Kant's classic work on the metaphysics of morals, has been the discipline traditionally assigned the task of clarifying the foundations and establishing the common ground.

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