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Bioethics and Moral Content: National Traditions of Health Care Morality

Papers dedicated in tribute to Kazumasa Hoshino

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Editors:
  1. H. Tristram Engelhardt

    1. Department of Philosophy, Rice University, Houston, USA
      Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

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  2. Lisa M. Rasmussen

    1. Department of Philosophy, Rice University, Houston, Houston

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Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 74)

Part of the book sub series: Asian Studies in Bioethics and the Philosophy of Medicine (ASBP)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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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
      Pages 1-14

  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
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • 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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bioethics and Moral Content: National Traditions of Health Care Morality

  • Book Subtitle: Papers dedicated in tribute to Kazumasa Hoshino

  • Editors: H. Tristram Engelhardt, Lisa M. Rasmussen

  • Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0902-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6828-1Published: 30 November 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5658-0Published: 06 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0902-6Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0376-7418

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 306

  • Topics: Ethics, Philosophy, general, Ontology, Metaphysics

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