Kennedy Institute of Bioethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Theor Med Bioeth. 2022 Aug;43(4):187-192. doi: 10.1007/s11017-022-09573-4. Epub 2022 Oct 17.
In this essay, I describe Bob Veatch's career from the perspective of a colleague and friend. Bob and I started our professional careers at the same time and quickly came into professional contact. With Bob's move from the Hastings Center to the Kennedy Institute, we became colleagues and worked for almost a decade on our book on death and dying. He was an outstanding co-editor and author. I believe he knew more about the philosophically connected issues in this area of bioethics than anyone publishing in the area, and it was an area of intellectual interest that he pursued throughout his career. Beyond bioethics, Bob and I shared our shared love of contemporary bluegrass music, especially the songs of The Seldom Scene. Bob studied them much as he studied bioethics-with deep knowledge and seriousness. He was just a scholar by nature and with excellent training and experience. If we were to create a Hall of Fame for bioethics, Bob might be the first person elected.
在这篇文章中，我从同事和朋友的角度描述了鲍勃·维特（Bob Veatch）的职业生涯。鲍勃和我在同一时间开始了我们的职业生涯，并很快建立了专业联系。随着鲍勃从黑斯廷斯中心（Hastings Center）搬到肯尼迪研究所（Kennedy Institute），我们成为了同事，并在将近十年的时间里合作撰写了一本关于死亡和垂死的书。他是一位杰出的共同编辑和作者。我相信，在这个生命伦理学领域中，他比任何在该领域发表文章的人都更了解哲学上相关的问题，这是他毕生追求的知识兴趣领域。除了生命伦理学，鲍勃和我还共同热爱当代蓝草音乐，尤其是塞尔莫场景乐队（The Seldom Scene）的歌曲。鲍勃像研究生命伦理学一样深入研究它们——充满了深刻的知识和严肃性。他天生就是一位学者，有着出色的训练和经验。如果我们要为生命伦理学创建名人堂，那么鲍勃可能是第一个被选入的人。
