Rare is the bioethicist who can do all of these well, and still rarer one who can do them all well in the same place. At first, this may seem a bit overblown. That is what I thought when I read Lawrence Schneiderman's forward to Walters' book. A bit much, I thought, to say about a book on bioethics. Most of the books in this field leave a lot to be desired.
Popularity often outpaces scholarship and quality in biomedical ethics.
It is rare to find a well-researched book that is not just faddish. And when good scholarship does show up at the bookstore it is often wrapped in sleepy prose. Walters' book is a welcome exception, readable and well thought out. Better a well-nuanced question than a boring answer. Each subsequent chapter provides enough discoveries to clarify the issues and a few of the answers to this question, but leads the reader with more questions.