Bruce Jennings

Vanderbilt University
Center for Humans and Nature
  • Vanderbilt University
    Department of Health Policy
    Associate Professor
  • Center for Humans and Nature
    Senior Fellow (Part-time)
  • The Hastings Center
    Senior Advisor (Part-time)
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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    Democracy and Justice in Health Policy
    Hastings Center Report 20 (5): 22-23. 1990.
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    Bioethics and Populism: How Should Our Field Respond?
    with Mildred Z. Solomon
    Hastings Center Report 47 (2): 11-16. 2017.
    Across the world, an authoritarian and exclusionary form of populism is gaining political traction. Historically, some populist movements have been democratic and based on a sense of inclusive justice and the common good. But the populism on the rise at present speaks and acts otherwise. It is challenging constitutional democracies. The polarization seen in authoritarian populism goes beyond the familiar left-right political spectrum and generates disturbing forms of extremism, including the so-…Read more
  •  8
    Beyond Distributive Justice in Health Reform
    Hastings Center Report 26 (6): 14-15. 1996.
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    The regulation of virtue: Cross-currents in professional ethics (review)
    Journal of Business Ethics 10 (8). 1991.
    This paper argues that more attention should be paid to the civic functions of ethical discourse about the professions and to the moral virtues inherent in their practice and traditions. The ability of professional ethics to articulate civic ideals and virtues is discussed in relation to three issues. First, should professional ethics aim to enlighten ethical understanding or to motivate ethical conduct? Second, how should professional ethics define the professional's moral responsibilities in t…Read more
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    Gaylin and Jennings tell us that we must change the everyday behavior shaping the landscape of modern American society. Our current culture of autonomy is predicated on rationality as the basis of human conduct. But, we are reminded here, man is not inherently rational; appeals to emotion are far more effective than logical argument in changing our conduct.
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    Two faces of health care quality improvement
    Hastings Center Report 33 (1): 13. 2003.
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    Reconceptualizing Autonomy: A Relational Turn in Bioethics
    Hastings Center Report 46 (3): 11-16. 2016.
    History's judgment on the success of bioethics will not depend solely on the conceptual creativity and innovation in the field at the level of ethical and political theory, but this intellectual work is not insignificant. One important new development is what I shall refer to as the relational turn in bioethics. This development represents a renewed emphasis on the ideographic approach, which interprets the meaning of right and wrong in human actions as they are inscribed in social and cultural …Read more
  •  30
    The Ethics of Using QI Methods to Improve Health Care Quality and Safety
    with Mary Ann Baily, Melissa Bottrell, and Joanne Lynn
    Hastings Center Report 36 (4). 2006.
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    Introduction: The Public Duties of the Professions
    with Daniel Callahan and Susan M. Wolf
    Hastings Center Report 17 (1): 1-2. 1987.
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    Commodity or public work? Two perspectives on health care
    with Mark J. Hanson
    Bioethics Forum 11 (3): 3-11. 1995.
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    Long‐acting contraception
    with Ellen Moskowik and Daniel Callahan
    Hastings Center Report 25 (1): 1-1. 1995.
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    Bioethics as civic discourse
    Hastings Center Report 19 (5): 34. 1989.
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    The President's Council Calls for Prudence
    Hastings Center Report 36 (3): 45-46. 2006.