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Bioethics and Moral Content: National Traditions of Health Care Morality: Papers dedicated in tribute to Kazumasa Hoshino

By Ph.D. , H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr. , Lisa M. Rasmussen (auth.) , H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr. M.D. , Lisa M. Rasmussen MA (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2002
ISBN
978-90-481-5658-0, 978-94-017-0902-6
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-0902-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5810085 bytes)
Series
Philosophy and Medicine 74 Asian Studies in Bioethics and the Philosophy of Medicine
Edition
1
Pages
306\298
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Ethics; Philosophy; Ontology; Metaphysics

Description

Is there only one bioethics? Is a global bioethics possible? Or, instead, does one encounter a plurality of bioethical approaches shaped by local cultural and national traditions? Some thirty years ago a field of applied ethics emerged under the rubric `bioethics'. Little thought was given at the time to the possibility that this field bore the imprint of a particular American set of moral commitments. This volume explores the plurality of moral perspectives shaping bioethics. It is inspired by Kazumasa Hoshino's critical reflections on the differences in moral perspectives separating Japanese and American bioethics. The essays include contributions from Hong Kong, China, Japan, Texas, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. The volume offers a rich perspective of the range of approaches to bioethics. It brings into question whether there is unambiguously one ethics for bioethics to apply.

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