# Thieves of Virtue

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- Book: [Thieves of Virtue](https://www.bookquiver.com/tom-koch/thieves-of-virtue) ([Thieves of Virtue.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/tom-koch/thieves-of-virtue.md))
- Authors: [Tom Koch](https://www.bookquiver.com/tom-koch)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6252-678-4
- Pages: 376
- Published: 2014-08-29
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An argument against the “lifeboat ethic” of contemporary bioethics that views medicine as a commodity rather than a tradition of care and caring. Bioethics emerged in the 1960s from a conviction...