Consciousness Conflict between " Raising Children but not Providing for the Elderly" and " Filial Piety"
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2018.07.06
- VernacularTitle:"养小不养老"与"孝为先"的意识冲突
- Author:
Hongying LI
1
;
Hui JIANG
;
Min CHEN
;
Zhenliang LI
Author Information
1. 苏州大学附属第一医院伦理办公室
- Keywords:
Filial Piety;
Traditional Culture;
Scientific Pension
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2018;31(7):841-844
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
" Filial piety" is China's traditional culture.It not only educates the offspring to be grateful and to repay good deeds,but more importantly guides people to take up social responsibilities and obligations.However,there are always contradiction dilemmas between loyalty and filial piety in reality.With the change of the times,this kind of contradiction is getting more prominent.Rethinking the choice of " raising the children but not provi-ding for the elderly" or choosing for helplessness,the causes of which include: the development of medical technol-ogy aggravates the contradiction between the ability and the cost of providing for the elderly,the contradiction be-tween the prolongation of the life of the elderly and the limitation of their children's ability to support them; Chi-na's one-child policy for more than 30 years has weakened the support capacity of the offspring; urban develop-ment leads to population migration and challenges family pension; the instability of family structure affects providing for the elderly; social pension is inadequately prepared and so on.To guarantee intergenerational equity and im-prove people's quality of life,it should advocate the scientific view of providing for the elderly,which must respect the elderly's autonomy,improve and promote the assessment and supervision of basic needs such as living will,hospice care,and medical abandonment.Through carrying out relevant research,it should establish a systematic project of good Chinese-style scientific pension and improve the social pension security system.
