Japanese and Western Bioethics
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-4719-9 (ISBN)
Japanese and Western Bioethics: Studies in Moral Diversity.- I Ethical Universality and Cultural Particularity.- Bioethics in the Light of Japanese Sentiments.- Comparative Studies: Japan and America.- Nursing Perspectives in Bioethics.- The Characteristics of Japanese Concepts and Attitudes with Regard to Human Remains.- II Traditions, Authorities and Ambiguities.- Technology, Authority and the Loss of Tradition: The Roots of American Bioethics in Comparison with Japanese Bioethics.- Sanctity of Life: A Study in Ambiguity and Confusion.- Quality of Life Decisions and the Hopelessly Ill Patient: The Physician as Moral Agent and Truth Teller.- III Death, Life, and Well-Being.- Autonomy and Communitarianism: The Ethics of Terminal Care in Cross-Cultural Perspective.- A Thought on Terminal Care in Japan.- Medical Futility: Philosophical Reflections on Death.- Facing Death the Japanese Way — Customs and Ethos.- Ethos and its Changes: A Commentary on Facing Death the Japanese Way — Customs and Ethos.- The Concept of Happiness in Oriental Thought and its Significance in Clinical Medicine.- IV The Human Genome: Taboos and Moral Intuitions.- The Normative Status of the Human Genome: A European Perspective.- Moral Puzzles Concerning the Human Genome: Western Taboos, Intuitions, and Beliefs at the End of the Christian Era.- V Cross Cultural Diversity and Post-Traditional Morality.- Three Levels of Problems in Cross-Cultural Explorations of Bioethics: A Methodological Approach.- Moral Strangers: A Humanity that Does Not Bind.- Notes on Contributors.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.12.2010 |
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Reihe/Serie | Philosophy and Medicine ; 54 |
Zusatzinfo | XII, 247 p. |
Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik | |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 90-481-4719-0 / 9048147190 |
ISBN-13 | 978-90-481-4719-9 / 9789048147199 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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