Focusing on five increasingly interrelated spheres of professional activity-politics, law, engineering, medicine, and science-the contributors to Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility cast new light on familiar ethical quandaries and direct attention to new areas of concern, particularly the institutional setting of contemporary professional activity.

Daniel E. Wueste is a professor of philosophy, teaching in the Department of Philosophy and Religion and in two of Clemson's PhD programs: healthcare genetics, and policy studies. He is member/researcher with the Institute of Human Values in Health Care, Medical University of South Carolina and a member of the executive board and treasurer of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics.