We would like to extend our appreciation and warmest thanks to all that made this project possible. We are both grateful to the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, truly one of the world’s great bioethics centres, for providing the support to make this book become a reality. In particular, the Deputy Director, Sue MacRae, and the Centre’s great new Director, Ross Upshur, was instrumental in creating this book. The Joint Centre is filled with wonderful colleagues, many of whom you will meet as authors of chapters in this book. We would also like to thank Richard Barling, Dan Dunlavey, Nicholas Dunton, Rachael Lazenby, Jane Ward and Richard Marley from Cambridge University Press, and especially all of the section editors and contributors.
A. M. Viens would like to acknowledge the family, friends, and colleagues who provided help and support over the course of this project. In particular, Jeffrey Bibbee, Melanie Bigold, Eoin Connolly, Roger Crisp, Markus Kohl, James Morauta, Mary Rowell, Julian Savulescu, Peter A. Singer, Eli Tyshynski, and especially Louise Viens. He would also like to thank the Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto for awarding him an Ethics Fellowship that allowed him to complete this project.
Peter A. Singer would like to express his thanks to those who have mentored and supported his career in bioethics: Mark Siegler, the late Alvan R. Feinstein, Frederick H. Lowy, Arnie Aberman, C. David Naylor, Catharine Whiteside, Michael Baker, Wendy Levinson, Bob Bell, and Joseph L. Rotman. His close friends Abdallah Daar and James G. Wright have served as constant sounding boards. But his greatest thanks and love go to his family. His children – David, Erin, and Rebecca – provide a very special motivation. His wife, Heather, was a constant companion, steadfast support, and great friend.