In China as elsewhere in the world, human bodies and body parts have long been used for
a wide range of medical and non‐medical purposes. In recent decades, China has played a …

Confucianism has been widely perceived as a major moral and cultural obstacle to the
donation of bodies for anatomical purposes. The rationale for this is the Confucian stress on …

This volume explores Confucian views regarding the human body, health, virtue, suffering,
suicide, euthanasia,human drugs,'human experimentation, and justice in health care …

The title of this volume, Confician Bioethics, may sound odd to some. It is odd to them not
because they find Confucianism has lost its traditional strength in its homeland. It is odd …

In the Great Learning, one of the Confucian classics, we read,“from the son of the Heaven
down to common people, all should take xiu shen as their ultimate concern”(Da Xue …

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 …

This article discusses the practice and development of organ donation by capital prisoners
in China. It analyzes the issue of informed consent regarding organ donation from capital …

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 …

Mingxu Wang and Xueliang Wang's (2010) engaging and cogent argument in “Organ
Donation by Capital Prisoners in China: reflections in Confucian ethics” is an indispensable …

There exists a serious shortage of organs for transplantation in China, more so than in most
Western countries. Confucianism has been commonly used as the cultural and ethical …