Bioethics as respect and love of life: some reflections on Fritz Jahr's thought

Humankind talks about ethics for a noble purpose of improving and enhancing human relationships toward one another. No ethics would be mentioned if care and concern for others do not exist. Obviously, the foundation of ethics is mutual caring among people. This concern however has been expanded to i...

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Published in:Journal international de bioéthique et d'éthique des sciences
Main Author: Cheng-tek Tai, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Éditions ESKA [2016]
In: Journal international de bioéthique et d'éthique des sciences
RelBib Classification:NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
NCJ Ethics of science
Further subjects:B Bioéthique
B condition animale
B Respect
B Environnement
B Confucianisme
B recherche sur l’animal
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:Humankind talks about ethics for a noble purpose of improving and enhancing human relationships toward one another. No ethics would be mentioned if care and concern for others do not exist. Obviously, the foundation of ethics is mutual caring among people. This concern however has been expanded to include all life forms on earth therefore a new term bioethics is coined. As Fritz Jahr said that we must respect every living being. Thus, what is bioethics? it is a respect and love of life.
ISSN:2555-5111
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal international de bioéthique et d'éthique des sciences
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3917/jib.274.0039