H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.
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| Full name | H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. |
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| Born | 1941 |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy, |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Continental Philosophy |
| Main interests | Medical Ethics, Philosophy of Medicine, Political Philosophy |
Hugo Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. (Born in 1941 in Texas) 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 Public Policy.
He is currently editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy and is a member of the editorial boards of several other journals, including Christian Bioethics and 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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- [1] Faculty Page at Rice University
- [2] CV at Rice University
- [3] The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
- 1941 births
- Living people
- American philosophers
- American philosophy academics
- Rice University faculty
- Tulane University 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
