Bioethics and Moral Content: National Traditions of Health Care Morality

1. Front Matter

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2. Bioethics in the Plural: An Introduction to Taking Global Moral Diversity Seriously

   1. Bioethics in the Plural: An Introduction to Taking Global Moral Diversity Seriously

      • H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr., Lisa M. Rasmussen

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3. Physician Virtue and National Traditions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. The Physician: Professional or Entrepreneur

      • Robert M. Veatch

      Pages 17-33

   3. The Physician-Patient Relationship and Individualization of Treatment from the View of Traditional Chinese Medical Practice

      • Tangjia Wang

      Pages 35-46

4. Medical Technologies and National Bioethics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47

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   2. Medical Technologies and Universal Ethics in Transcultural Perspective

      • Hans-Martin Sass

      Pages 49-75

   3. Brain Death, Pregnancy and Cultural Reluctance Toward Scientific Rationalism

      • Kurt Bayertz, Kurt W. Schmidt

      Pages 77-95

   4. Bioethics in Italy up to 2002: An Overview

      • Maurizio Mori

      Pages 97-120

   5. Development and Identity of Swiss Bioethics

      • Fabrice Jotterand

      Pages 121-142

5. Death, Culture, and Moral Difference

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143

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   2. Death with Dignity: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the United States and Japan

      • Michael D. Fetters, Marion Danis

      Pages 145-163

   3. Euthanasia, Individual Choice and the Family: A Hong Kong Perspective

      • Ho Mun Chan

      Pages 165-190

   4. Dissensus in the Face of a Passion for Consensus: How the Japanese and the Germans Could Still Understand One Another

      • Corinna Delkeskamp-Hayes

      Pages 191-201

6. Global Bioethics and Its Critics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203

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   2. Moral Diversity and Bioethics Consultation

      • Lisa M. Rasmussen

      Pages 205-214

   3. The Challenge of Doing International Bioethics

      • David C. Thomasma

      Pages 215-234

   4. Taking Moral Diversity Seriously: A Discussion of the Foundations of Global Bioethics

      • Jonathan Chan

      Pages 235-250

   5. Coveting an International Bioethics: Universal Aspirations and False Promises

      • Mark J. Cherry

      Pages 251-279

   6. Reconstructionist Confucianism and Bioethics: A Note on Moral Difference

      • Ruiping Fan

      Pages 281-287

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.

• Ethics
• american bioethics
• applied ethics
• bioethics
• health
• morality

• Department of Philosophy, Rice University, Houston, USA

  H. Tristram Engelhardt

• Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

  H. Tristram Engelhardt

• Department of Philosophy, Rice University, Houston, Houston

  Lisa M. Rasmussen

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