Position: Professor, Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota
Education: Undergraduate, Davidson College; doctorate in philosophy, Glasgow University, Scotland; medical degree, Medical University of South Carolina.
Academic pursuits: Research ethics, the philosophy of psychiatry, the work of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and author Walker Percy
Publications: Has edited or authored seven books and written for national publications including the Atlantic, the New Yorker, and Mother Jones
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