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The medical profession as a moral community.

ISTORICALLY AND CONCEPTUALLY we have been accustomed to think of medical ethics in terms of the obligations of individual physicians to individual patients. We have largely neglected the obligations of the profession as a moral community, as a group dedicated to a common set of moral precepts. Yet much of the plight and the opportunity of our profession today rests with the way we view the practical implications of being a moral community. Indeed, some of the issues that vex us most are resolvable only through the use of our collective moral power. This is the thesis that I want to argue this evening. I think this is a particularly appropriate topic at this time, when the Academy, as we have heard this evening, is reshaping its own mission to meet today's challenges. I would suggest that, without some clear commitment to what is required of the profession as a moral community, the full potential of the Academy's new program will not be fully realizable.