Family-oriented,the way of heaven,and decisions on life and death:a review of Contemporary Medicine and Confucian Thought
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2024.12.01
- VernacularTitle:家庭本位、天道与生死决策
- Author:
Jiabao LIU
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Author Information
1. 陕西师范大学哲学学院,陕西 西安 710119
- Keywords:
bioethics;
family;
way of heaven;
euthanasia;
public rationality
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2024;37(12):1387-1390
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Fan Ruiping's Contemporary Medicine and Confucian Thought is the latest masterpiece in promoting the construction of Chinese bioethics.His Confucian bioethics advocates"family-oriented"and"the way as an aspiration".In terms of the family-oriented medical decision-making mechanism,it is believed to encompass four elements,including family-shared deliberation,reaching consensus,applying practical wisdom,and conforming to the way of heaven.Taking decisions on life and death(such as whether to euthanize or not)as an example,applying practical wisdom and conforming to the way of heaven are indispensable.Therefore,one cannot talk about family-oriented in isolation from the way of heaven or the Confucian ideal of holistic civilization.However,in the discourse on Confucian public rationality,the author weakens the belief assumption of the way of heaven.
