Bioethics And Moral Content: National Traditions Of Health Care Morality: Papers Dedicated In Tribute To Kazumasa Hoshino (philosophy And Medicine / . . . In Bioethics And The Philosophy Of Medicine)

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. Front Matter....Pages i-vi Bioethics in the Plural: An Introduction to Taking Global Moral Diversity Seriously....Pages 1-14 Front Matter....Pages 15-15 The Physician: Professional or Entrepreneur....Pages 17-33 The Physician-Patient Relationship and Individualization of Treatment from the View of Traditional Chinese Medical Practice....Pages 35-46 Front Matter....Pages 47-47 Medical Technologies and Universal Ethics in Transcultural Perspective....Pages 49-75 Brain Death, Pregnancy and Cultural Reluctance Toward Scientific Rationalism....Pages 77-95 Bioethics in Italy up to 2002: An Overview....Pages 97-120 Development and Identity of Swiss Bioethics....Pages 121-142 Front Matter....Pages 143-143 Death with Dignity: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the United States and Japan....Pages 145-163 Euthanasia, Individual Choice and the Family: A Hong Kong Perspective....Pages 165-190 Dissensus in the Face of a Passion for Consensus: How the Japanese and the Germans Could Still Understand One Another....Pages 191-201 Front Matter....Pages 203-203 Moral Diversity and Bioethics Consultation....Pages 205-214 The Challenge of Doing International Bioethics....Pages 215-234 Taking Moral Diversity Seriously: A Discussion of the Foundations of Global Bioethics....Pages 235-250 Coveting an International Bioethics: Universal Aspirations and False Promises....Pages 251-279 Reconstructionist Confucianism and Bioethics: A Note on Moral Difference....Pages 281-287 Back Matter....Pages 289-303

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. It offers a rich perspective of the range of approaches to bioethics and brings into question whether there is unambiguously one ethics for bioethics to apply.