Reflections on "Infant Safety Island" based on the Bioethics of Disabled Newborns and Kant’s "Responsibility" Claim
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2022.08.03
- VernacularTitle:“婴儿安全岛”：残疾新生儿的生命伦理与康德“责任”主张之思
- Author:
Keyu LIN
1
;
Hongjiang ZHANG
1
Author Information
1. School of Humanities and Management, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 110160, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Infant Safety Island;
Newborns with Disabilities;
Bioethics;
Responsibility
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2022;35(8):827-832
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
"Disabled babies" have been concerned by the state and society. In 2011, China’s first "infant safety island" was officially piloted in Shijiazhuang to receive abandoned babies from all over the country, bringing hope to abandoned disabled babies. As the pilot program has been widely promoted, the survival rate of abandoned babies has been effectively improved, but the infant safety island has been branded as "the cage of connivance with the crime of abandonment". At the same time, there are two controversial issues on disabled newborns, the main subjects of abandoned babies: should disabled newborns be rescued? Should a infant safety island exist under the pressure of reality? From the perspective of the bioethics of newborns with disabilities, this paper analyzed the practical significance of the existence of infant safety island based on Kant’s "responsibility" claim, and made a statement for the practicability of safety island from different perspectives.
