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brodyBaruch Brody
Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy - MS 14
Rice University
6100 South Main Street
Houston, Texas 77005-1892
(713) 348-4994
bbrody@rice.edu 

 

 

 

Education:  Professor, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1967. Director of the Center for Ethics, Medicine and Public Issues. 

Fields: Metaphysics, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Medicine.

Representative Publications:

  • Abortion and the Sanctity of Human Life (MIT, 1975).
  •  Identity and Essence (Princeton, 1980).
  • Life and Death Decision Making (Oxford, 1987).
  • Ethical Issues in Drug Testing Approval and Pricing (Oxford, 1994)
  • The Ethics of biomedical Research (Osford, 1998) 
  • Taking Issue (Georgetown, 2005)


Current Research:  Dr. Baruch Brody specializes in the field of medical ethics with various publications on the ethical recruitment of research patients, placebo-controlled clinical trials, surgical ethics, protecting human dignity, and the religious basis behind these standards of conduct. He is currently writing a book on bioethics and conducts NIH-funded research on the implementation of new ethical requirements on conducting research in emergency settings.

Courses Taught

  • Biomedical Ethics
  • Research Ethics
  • Philosophy of Religion