I teach courses in Medical Ethics, Humanism and Medicine, Business Ethics, Philosophical Ethics, and Human Rights. I am an ordained Baptist minister and Director of The Center for Ethics: Ministry, Business and Medicine.

I have contributed to the national and international dialogue on medical ethics through my writings on topics such as abortion, genetics, in-vitro fertilization, elective death and health care. I lecture and write on a variety of issues including business ethics, sexuality and family, aging, peacemaking, religious liberty and values in education.

I have a special interest in the intersections of religion and science, and of ethics and public policy. My method brings biblical, theological and philosophical perspectives into conversation with scientific and legal dimensions of particular problems.

I came to the University of Louisville in 1995 and to the Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine in 1997. I was attracted to UofL because of its commitments to academic freedom, educational integrity, diversity and community service. I have been able to relate my religious studies to issues in medical research and clinical ethics at both undergraduate and graduate levels. My work with medical students is a special and rewarding challenge, often resulting in special writing projects or seminars.

I serve on the Hospital Ethics Committee (HEC) of the University of Louisville Hospital, Baptist Hospital East and the Jefferson County Medical Society. I have also served on the Ethics Committee of Louisville Hospice, the In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Overview Committee of Alliant Hospital, the Animal Review Committee of VA hospital and for 10 years was on the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Audubon Hospital during the era of the artificial heart program. I also serve as a Trustee of Americans United for Separation of Church and State and a member of the Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics. I also served on the Governor Wilkinson‘s Commission on Values in Secondary Education.

I have done post-doctoral studies at Princeton University (1976-77) and Cambridge University (1983-84). I am a member of the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics; Sigma Xi; American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities; American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy of Religion; and the Society for Christian Ethics. I was the first recipient of "The Dr. David Gunn Award" (1994) presented by the Kentucky Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.

I am married to the former Betty Kinlaw of Raeford, N.C. who is a graduate of Meredith College (B.A., 1961) and the Univ. of Louisville (M.Ed., 1986). She is a retired teacher from the Jefferson County Public Schools. We have three adult children: Brent (m. Connie Foutz), Brian, and Catherine.

I am a native of West Tennessee, reared on a farm near Union City and a graduate from Dixie High School where I lettered in baseball and basketball. I still participate in sports (tennis, golf) and have enjoyed travel to Europe, Africa, the Near East, the Caribbean and the United States from coast to coast.