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Daniel John Callahan (July 19, 1930 – July 16, 2019) was an American philosopher who played a leading role in developing the field of biomedical ethics as co-founder of The Hastings Center, the world's first bioethics research institute.
Aug 20, 2019 · Callahan called for comprehensive planning to deal with the enormous challenges that lie ahead, including populated planet, global warming, dementia, and growing healthcare costs. He wrote unequivocally that all research efforts to radically extend life expectancy should be abandoned.
Jul 23, 2019 · Daniel Callahan, a pioneering bioethicist who grappled with issues presented by medical advances like organ transplants, prenatal diagnoses and artificial respirators, died on July 16 at a...
Jul 10, 2024 · Daniel Callahan died on July 16, 2019, days before his 89 th birthday. A pioneering intellect who eschewed the confines of the academy to co-found the Hastings Center and launch a field, Dan was a crisp thinker, a certain writer, and a devout communitarian.
- Joseph J. Fins
- 2020
Jul 19, 2019 · A tribute to the late scholar and writer who co-founded the Hastings Center and explored the cultural and moral dimensions of medicine and health care. The article recounts his friendship with the author, his Catholic imagination and his influence on bioethics.
Jul 19, 2019 · A tribute to Daniel Callahan, one of the founders and intellectual giants of bioethics, who died in 2019. Learn about his prolific and influential books, his role in establishing the Hastings Center, and his legacy in the field.
The co-founder of the Hastings Center, an internationally-acclaimed research institute for biomedical ethics, Callahan was best known for proposing that a looming crisis in health care resources would require society to set priorities and limits on medical care.
