Germain Grisez honored for contributions to bioethics field

Published: 2005-03-14

OAKLAND, Calif. (CNS) -- Germain Grisez, professor of Christian ethics at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Md., is the 2005 recipient of the Paul Ramsey Award presented by the Center for Bioethics and Culture in Oakland for outstanding contributions to the field of bioethics. Dr. Edmund Pellegrino, former director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and professor of medicine and medical ethics at Georgetown University in Washington, was the first recipient of the award last year. In announcing the award, the center said Grisez "has been largely responsible for the renaissance in natural law (and) philosophy in the last quarter of a century and for formulating an intelligent and informed Christian response to a range of important ethical dilemmas."

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