دانلود کتاب The Family, Medical Decision-Making, and Biotechnology. Critical Reflections On Asian Moral Perspectives

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Springer, 2007. — 223 p. — ISBN 978-1-4020-5219-4.Shui Chuen Lee Acknowledgements
Shui Chuen Lee and Justin Ho Medicine and the Biomedical Technologies in the Context of Asian Perspectives
A View from Asia: An Introduction
The Family and its Impact on Bioethics and Personhood
Medical Decision-Making and Traditional Conception of the Family Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Confucian, Islamic, and Western Perspectives
Taking the Family Seriously: Confucian Approaches to Health Care
Conclusion
Ruiping Fan Confucian Familism and its Bioethical Implications
Introduction: Why Confucian Bioethics is so Different
The Features of Confucian Familism
The Power of Virtue
Shared Family-Determination for Health Care
Family Responsibility for Health Care Financing
Biotechnology and the Family
Concluding Remarks
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. The Family in Transition and in Authority: The Impact of Biotechnology
Introduction: In the Face of Robust Moral Pluralism and Conflicting Metaphysical Accounts
The Family as a Major Battleground in the Culture Wars
The Standard Contemporary Account: Individuals as the Source of Decisional Authority and the Structure of the Family
Familist Accounts: Autonomy and Authority of the Family as a Social Category
The Persistence of Family Authority
Conflicting Visions of the Family, the Culture Wars, and the New Reproductive Technologies: A Concluding Reflection
Stephen A. Erickson Family Life, Bioethics and Confucianism
Liberal Secular Individualism and the Confucian Response to the West’s Anomie: An Introduction
Medicine and its Threat to Human Nature: Taking Metaphysics and Family Seriously
Globalization, Americanization, and the Cardinal Place of Confucian Thought
Critical Rationality, Sentiment, and the Confucian Notion of the Person
The Tipping Point: The Infant as a Product
Conclusion
Shuh-Jen Sheu The Moral Ground of Truth Telling Guideline Development: The Choice Between Autonomy and Paternalism
Introduction
Facing the Dilemma of Truth Telling in Terminal Cancer
Guideline Development for Truth Telling in an Asian Society
Dealing with Autonomy, Paternalism, or Vulnerability of Truth Telling in Taiwan
Figuring Out and Reinterpreting the Meaning of Autonomy and Paternalism
A Cultural Sensitivity and Team Work Approach to Truth Telling
Conclusion
Stephen Wear Truth Telling to the Sick and Dying in a Traditional Chinese Culture
Case Summary
Sissela Bok’s Classic Work on Lies to the Sick and Dying
Concluding Remarks
Shui Chuen Lee On Relational Autonomy: From Feminist Critique to Confucian Model for Clinical Practice
Feminist Critique of the Concept of Individual Autonomy
From Individual to Relational Autonomy
Philosophical Explication of Autonomy: From Kant to Confucianism
Moral Relatedness and Family Relationship
A Confucian Model of Ethical Relational Autonomy
Some Practical Implications of Ethical Relational Autonomy: The Role of Family in Bioethical and Medical Decisions
Wenmay Rei Regulating Sex Selection in a Patriarchal Society: Lessons from Taiwan
Introduction
Justifications for a Ban on Sex Selection: A Typology of sex Selections
Sex Selection in Taiwan
Embedded Sexism: The Social Meaning of Having a Son in Taiwanese Society
Consensus in Need: The Problematic Legitimacy of the Banning of Sex Selection in Taiwan
The Need to Protect Actual Women Over Possible Embryos
Conclusion
Appendix
Leonardo D. De Castro Modern Biotechnology and the Postmodern Family
Two Types of Challenge to Human Relatedness
Reproductive Revolution: Extending the Frontiers of Human Freedom
Organ Transplantation: Extending the Frontiers of Human Responsibility
Increasing Human Interdependence in the Area of Organ Transplantation
Organ Transplantation: A Challenge to Give More
The Genetic Family as Locus of Responsibility
Limits to Genetically Based Responsibility
Reciprocity and Responsibility: Transcending Genetic Boundaries
Ruiping Fan The Ethics of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and the Interests of the Family
Introduction
Ethical Individualism vs. Ethical Familism
One-Sided Morality on ESC Research
The Confucian Two-Dimensioned Moral Strategy: Not Utility Maximization, but Virtue Pursuit
A Confucian Moral Casuistry on ESC Research
Concluding Remarks: Liberals and Aristotle, Abraham and Confucius
Shui Chuen Lee A Confucian Evaluation of Embryonic Stem Cell Research and the Moral Status of Human Embryos
Embryos, Personhood and Moral Status: Warren’s Multi-Criteria Theory
Moral Community Versus Social Community
Moral Status of Various Types of Embryos for Experimentation
Concluding Remarks
Hon Chung Wong Regulations for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in East Asian Countries: A Confusion Critique
Introduction
The Regulations for HESC Research in East Asian Countries
The Similarities and Differences on Regulations for HESC Research Between East Asian Countries and Western Countries
Confucian Critique on Regulations for HESC Research in East Asian Countries
Sahin Aksoy, Abdurrahman Elmali and Anwar Nasim Stem Cell Research: An Islamic Perspective
H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. Why Western Culture, Unlike Confucian Culture, is so Concerned About Embryonic Stem Cell Research: The Christian Roots of the Difference
Why the West is so Different
Jerusalem, Athens, and QOFU
A Concluding Puzzle: Identifying the Moral Resources of Confucianism
Kris Su Hui Teo Confucian Healthcare System in Singapore: A Family-Oriented Approach to Financial Sustainability
Introduction
Hong Kong Healthcare System
Singapore Healthcare System
Hong Kong and Singapore Healthcare System Compared
Singapore System: Confucian Healthcare? A Moral Point of View
Conclusion
Erika H. Y. Yu Respect for the Elderly and Family Responsibility: Confucian Response to the Old Age Allowance Policy in Hong Kong
Introduction
The Old Age Allowance in Hong Kong
The Confucian Notion of XIAO (Filial Piety)
The Implications of XIAO on the Old Age Allowance Policy
Concluding Remarks
Justin Ho Is Singapore’s Health Care System Congruent with Confucianism?
Some Central Tenets of Confucianism
Evaluating Singapore’s Healthcare System
Some Possible Rejoinders
Concluding Remarks
Index