American law, not philosophy or medicine, is the major force shaping American bioethics. This is both because law at its best fosters individual rights, equality, and justice, and because violation of the legal duty or "standard of care" a physician owes a patient can lead to a malpractice suit. The law has therefore had two conflicting impacts on medical ethics: the positive effect of eroding paternalism and replacing it with a patient-centered ethic; and the negative effect of encouraging physicians to be more concerned with avoiding litigation than doing the "right" thing.

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Edited by one of the most renowned scholars in the field, Voices of Ancient Philosophy: An Introductory Reader is a unique and accessible introduction to the richness of ancient philosophy. Featuring a topical--as opposed to chronological--organization, this text introduces students to the wide range of approaches and traditions in ancient philosophy. In each section Annas presents the ancient debates on a particular philosophical topic, drawing on a greater diversity of ancient sources than a chronological approach allows. The book is divided into six sections: Fate and Freedom;...

This volume contains papers by a group of leading experts on Aristotle and the later Aristotelian tradition--Neoplatonism. The discussion ranges from Aristotle's treatment of Parmenides, the most important pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, to Neoplatonic and medieval use of Aristotle. There are contributions on physics, metaphysics, theology, ethics, logic, and philosophy of mind.

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is an annual publication which includes original articles, which may be of substantial length, on a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, and review articles of major books.

This is the tenth volume of the Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. Contributors include Martha Nussbaum, Jonathan Barnes and T.H. Irwin.

Volume VII includes contributions by Richard Patterson, C.J.F. Williams, Richard Bett, Glen Lesses, Theodore Scaltsas, Malcolm Heath, Christopher Rowe, Christian Wildberg, Owen Goldin, Daniel W. Graham, and Ian Mueller.

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is an annual publication which includes original articles, which may be of substantial length, on a wide range of topics in ancient philosophy, and review articles of major books.
Volume VIII of this acclaimed annual publication includes contributions from Andre Laks, Hugh G. Benson, Cynthia A. Freeland, Stephen White, David Gallop, Salim Kemal, Mark L. McPherran, Eric Lewis, David Bostock, and Elizabeth Asmis.
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Volume 5 includes contributions by Thomas C. Brickhouse, Yahei Kanayama, Theodor Ebert, A. C. Lloyd, Gregory Vlastos, Nicholas D. Smith, P. Mitsis, R. W. Sharples, Charlotte Stough, and C. C. W. Taylor.

This special supplementary volume contains the proceedings of the Colloquium on Ancient Philosophy held at Oberlin College in 1986. The contributors--including Michael Frede, Jonathan Barnes, Martha C. Nussbaum, Robert G. Turnbull, Gail Fine, Alan Code, T.H. Irwin, A.A. Long, and David Charles--address being, becoming, and intelligibility in Plato; disunity in the Aristotelian virtues; Epicurean signs; and Aristotle on political distribution.

The fourth volume of Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is devoted to essays in honor of Professor John Ackrill on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Contributors include: David Wiggins, Colin Strand, Julius Moravcsik, Lesley Brown, Gail Fine, Julia Annas, David Charles, Michael Woods, Christopher Kirwan, Bernard Williams, Jonathan Barnes, and Richard Sorabji.