Confucian ethic of death with dignity and its contemporary relevance.
Annu Soc Christ Ethics
; 19: 313-33, 1999.
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This paper advances three claims. First, according to contemporary Western advocates of physician-assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia, "death with dignity" is understood negatively as bringing about death to avoid or prevent indignity, that is, to avoid a degrading existence. Second, there is a similar morally affirmative view on death with dignity in ancient China, in classical Confucianism in particular. Third, there is a consonance as well as dissonance between these two ethics of death with dignity, such as that the Confucian perspective would regard the argument for physician-assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia as less than compelling because of the latter's impoverished vision of human life.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Valores Sociales
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Eutanasia
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Suicidio Asistido
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Eutanasia Activa Voluntaria
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Confucionismo
Aspecto:
Ethics
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
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Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Annu Soc Christ Ethics
Año:
1999
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos