Expertise:
Clinical Medical Ethics, Bioethics, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Biomedical Ethics, End-of Life-CareIn addition to teaching, David Adams has served as a clinical ethicist at both Pomona Valley Medical Center and San Antonio Community Hospital for approximately 20 years. In that role, he helps people to see the issues involved, to sort through conflicting values and beliefs, and if possible move forward and reach a consensus. In the medical field, ethical issues are not uncommon, but there are resources available in healthcare facilities that can be called upon for help. With every medical breakthrough comes new ethical issues.
Selected Publications:
- Philosophical Problems in the Law, Fifth Edition (Wadsworth/Cengage, 2012)
- Business Ethics: Issues for the 21st Century (Mayfield Publishing Co., 1997)
- “Are Hospital Ethicists Experts? Taking Ethical Expertise Seriously” in Moral Expertise: New Essays from Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives (J. Watson & L. Guidry-Grimes, eds., Springer; 2018), 207-225
- “Clinical Ethics Consultation and Physician Assisted Suicide” in New Directions in the Ethics of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia (J. Varelius and M. Cholbi, eds., Springer 2015): 125-147
- “Belief and Death: Capital Punishment and the Competence-For-Execution Requirement,” Criminal Law and Philosophy, DOI 10.1007/s11572-014-9293-6, 2-1, 2014
- “Ethics Expertise and Moral Authority: Is There A Difference?” American Journal of Bioethics vol. 13 (2) 2013: 27-28, 2013
- “Investigational Drugs and the Desperately Ill,” APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine vol. 20 (1) 2012: 6-11, 2012
Education:
A.B., History and Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley
M.A. and Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Washington
M.L.S., Law, Stanford University