The development of biotechnologies has broadly interfered with a number of life processes,
including human birth. An important moral question arises from the application of such …

Human dignity is a crucial concept in contemporary ethical, political and legal studies.
However, people have different, even opposite understandings of human dignity, which has …

Human embryonic stem cell research can bring about major biomedical breakthroughs and
thus contribute enormously to human welfare, yet it raises serious moral problems because …

An often-quoted motif from classical Chinese philosophy in contemporary Chinese bioethics
is taken from the Zhongyong. This is one of the early Confucian 'Four Books' that dominated …

What about Confucian bioethics should compel our interest? Apart from the fact that
Confucianism grounds the belief system of a great number of people, a Confucian bioethics …

It is truly an honor to receive the 2014 Dao best essay award for my paper on human dignity.
I am especially happy that, as part of the award, I have the privilege to receive critical …

Abortion is illegal in several developing countries causing a wide range of risks to women's
health and lives. The constitutional courts have been the main venue to challenge illegality; …

East Asian medicine, biomedical research, and health care policy are framed by their own
set of moral and cultural commitments. Chief among these is the influence of Confucian …

The American Journal of Bioethics full development to the natures of humans and animals.
An implication of this view is that human beings may assist the work of Heaven and Earth …

The phrase'human dignity'is used in some debates on bioethical problems, for example
whether it is morally permissible to destroy human embryos to obtain ES cells (embryonic …