KING Oh! welcome most, most welcome to my Arms, What Gratitude can thank away the Debt, Your Valour lays upon me? …
THUMB When I’m not thank’d at all, I’m thank’d enough, I’ve done my Duty, and I’ve done no more (Fielding 1731, I.iii.1–6).
Although Henry Fielding’s play, The Tragedy of Tragedies, or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great, was known primarily for its political satire in its day, the heroic character of Tom Thumb—diminutive in height only—has long endured. Described by Fielding as a “little Hero with a great Soul” (Fielding 1731, under “Dramatis Personae”) and a “Godlike Creature” (Fielding 1731, I.iii.7), Thumb exemplifies both bravery and modesty, the latter of which is a “Candle to [his] Merit/It shines itself, and shews thy Merit too” (I.iii.8–9).
Like the king in Thumb’s tale, we at the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry owe a debt to many often unrecognized champions who ask for no thanks in return. They serve their duty to the important scholastic process of peer review, sharing their expertise and offering their time to ensure quality in the production of knowledge and to continue the professional dialogue that is so essential to the academic enterprise.
While we know that there is perhaps no gratitude that “can thank away the Debt,” we at the JBI would like to continue an annual tradition begun two years ago in our 8(4) issue of formally thanking our peer reviewers and all those who have made the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry possible. Please find below the names of all who have served as a peer reviewer for one or more articles over the past year and a quarter, from September 2012 to December 2013.
We also wish to thank all of our contributors, advisory board members, editorial board chair, managing and copy editors, executive committee members, associate editors, publishing and production editors, members of the publishing team, and—most of all—readers of the JBI.
Thank you for your continued efforts and another interesting and enlightening year at the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry.
Aaron Fellmeth
Abdallah Adlan
Adam Feltz
Ainsley Newson
Alex John London
Alexander Lautensach
Alice Dreger
Alma Rae
Andrea Lynne Nicki
Andrea Whittaker
Anna Rangan
Anne Gallagher
Aysha Akhtar
Ben Gray
Bernadette Tobin
Björn Bentlage
Brian Hazelton Walsh
Brooke Adam
Charles Douglas
Chris Degeling
Christina Schües
Christopher F.C. Jordens
Christopher James Ryan
Colleen Cartwright
Cynthiane Morgenweck
David Isaacs
Diane Perpich
Diego Silva
Diekema Douglas
Don Rose
Duujian Tsai
Edwina Light
Eleanor Milligan
Emma Kowal
Floris van den Berg
Giuliana Fuscaldo
Hudson Henry Birden
Ian Olver
Imke Tammen
Israel Berger
Jackie Leach Scully
Jacqueline Davies
James Stanescu
Jane Johnson
Janet Malek
Jennifer Parks
Jessica Shaw
Joel Frader
John Anthony
Jonny Anomaly
Joseph Kras
Judi Malone
Julie Letts
Justin Denholm
Karmen Stankov
Katrina Bramstedt
Kenneth Robert Abbey
Kerreen Reiger
Kerry Bowman
Kim McLeod
Kimberly Strong
Lance Wahlert
Lisa Parker
Louise Baur
Lynley Anderson
Marie Edwards
Markus Vinnari
Matti Hayry
Meina Lee
Merrilyn Walton
Mianna Lotz
Michael Souter
Mike Climstein
Miles Little
Morgan LeFay Holmes
Muireann Quigley
Neil Levy
Nicholas Sandovnikoff
Nicole Gerrand
Nikola Stepanov
On-Kwok Lai
Patricia Marck
Paul Cheung
Paul Ndebele
Pekka Jokinen
Philip Rosoff
Randi Gunhildstad
Raymond DeVries
Roberto Adorno
Roberto Forero
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Sheryl de Lacey
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Soren Holme
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Subrata Chattopadhay
Susan MacCallum
Susan Palmer
Thom Brooks
Thomas David Harter
Timothy Murphy
Tina Cockburn
Tuvesson Hanna
Vera Dalqvist
Veronique Boscart
Wendy Rogers
References
Fielding, H. 1731. The tragedy of tragedies; or the life and death of Tom Thumb the great. London: J. Roberts. http://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/fielding-tragedy-of-tragedies.
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Ashby, M.A., Rich, L.E. How Shall We Thank Thy Merit?. Bioethical Inquiry 11, 5–7 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-013-9499-7
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