The Pre-Qin Confucian View of Body and Its Bioethics Implication
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2017.10.03
- VernacularTitle:先秦儒家身体观及其生命伦理学意蕴
- Author:
Tao LIU
1
Author Information
1. 广州医科大学卫生管理学院
- Keywords:
The Pre-Qin Confucian;
View of Body;
Bioethics;
Doctor-patient Relationship;
Medical Re-source
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2017;30(10):1196-1200,1212
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The Pre-Qin Confucian thinks that the body should be given a comprehensive and meticulous care , but the body ' s conservation had the order of priorities .When treating body , principlism is of more emphasis on the ethical restriction of principle of respecting autonomy to other principles , while Confucianism is of more emphasis on the priority of benefit principle .Confucianism requires keeping the holistic of the body and playing the reproduc-tive function of body , which has deeply influenced the contemporary Chinese attitude toward organ donation and surrogacy .In the aspect of the body and mind relation , the Pre-Qin Confucian admitted that heart is part of the body , heart leads body and body is the performance and mapping of heart .This idea of physical and mental integra-tion helps to break out the ethical dilemma faced by modern western medical system , and also reveals that we should focus on building a good state of mind of the doctors and patients when easing doctor -patient relationship . The politicization of the body is also a feature of the Pre -Qin Confucian view of body , but it may cause the unjust distribution of medical resources and other social problems , so we must abandon it when rebuilding the Confucian bioethics.
