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Democratic Professionalism: Sharing Authority in Civic Life Lessons and Opportunities for Presidential Bioethics Commissions Jason L. W. Dzur Albert Schwartz field of bioethics was still in its infancy at the time. While The November 2009 creation of the Presidential Commission these groups addressed issues that are now central to confor the Study of Bioethical Issues by the Obama administration 1 temporary scholarship in bioethics, only some of their memsignals a new chapter in the history of federal bioethics advice. bers saw themselves or their work as part of the developing Coming several months after the previous group, the President's bioethics community at the time. Council on Bioethics, was disbanded, the establishment of the In the early years of the Clinton administration, the Human new commission adds to the thirty-five year history of federal Embryo Research Panel (1994) and the Advisory Committee on government interest in expert advice on bioethics. Human Radiation Experiments (199495) were both created.5 While presidential bioethics commissions appear to have become a standard presence in Washington, their purpose, memSharing a short lifespan, a specific mandate regarding topics to bership, agenda, audience, and impact have attracted considerable explore, and an interdisciplinary membership including those attention and
The Good Society – Penn State University Press
Published: Jul 22, 2010
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