Faculty
Arthur J. Dyck
Research Professor of Ethics, and Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Population Ethics, Emeritus, in the School of Public Health
- BA, Tabor College
- MA, University of Kansas
- PhD, Harvard University
- To contact, please refer to:
- HDS Faculty Directory
Arthur Dyck began teaching at HDS in 1965. As a Research Professor at the Divinity School, he continues his teaching and research. His main concentration is in ethical theory, with special application to questions of moral knowledge, human rights, and bioethics. Georgetown University Press has recently published his revised (2005) version of Rethinking Rights and Responsibilities, which reflects his extensive work in moral knowledge, ethical theory, and bioethics. His two books on physician-assisted suicide are When Killing is Wrong (2001) and Life's Worth (2002). Professor Dyck plans to revise the anthology Ethics in Medicine. Given his teaching and research, and courses taught throughout the University, he can assist students who wish to concentrate in bioethics. He has developed new courses that incorporate the research in morality being generated by the neurosciences and the newly designated field of neuroethics. Future publications will be informed by this research in the areas of moral knowledge, bioethics, and Christian ethics.