Confucian Bioethics (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)

This volume explores Confucian views regarding the human body, health, virtue, suffering, suicide, euthanasia, human drugs, ' human experimentation, and justice in health care distribution. These views are rooted in Confucian metaphysical, cosmological, and moral convictions, which stand in contrast to modern Western liberal perspectives in a number of important ways. In the contemporary world, a wide variety of different moral traditions flourish; there is real moral diversity. Given this circumstance, difficult and even painful ethical conflicts often occur between the East and the West with regard to the issues of life, birth, reproduction, and death. The essays in this volume analyze the ways in which Confucian bioethics can clarify important moral concepts, provide arguments, and offer ethical guidance. The volume should be of interest to both general readers coming afresh to the study of bioethics, ethics, and Confucianism, as well as for philosophers, ethicists, and other scholars already familiar with the subject.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Asian Studies in Bioethics and the Philosophy of Medicine, 61
Release date:	June 1999
First published:	2002
Editors:	Ruiping Fan
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
Edition:	1999 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-5723-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Bio-ethics
LSN:	0-7923-5723-X
Barcode:	9780792357230

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!