Bioethics in Asia: Healthy and Productive Life with Nature
Sahin AKSOY MD, Ph.D.
Professor, Chair, Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
Harran University Faculty of Medicine, Sanliurfa, TURKEY
sahinaksoy@yahoo.com
Asian Bioethics, as an alternative or different approach to Bioethics has been long discussed and a significant amount of literature and information has gathered with the contribution of Asian Bioethics Association, its respectful members and EUBIOS Journal of Asian and International Bioethics. Today it is apparent that there is an Asian perspective on not only Bioethical issues but also almost every social, political and scientific issue.
Asia is a huge continent consisting of countries and communities from different social, ethnic, traditional and religious backgrounds. There are brown, yellow and white races. There are modern, urban, rural and traditional societies. There are Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Confucians, Taoists and Christians. These are the ones I remember at first instance. Despite all these differences there is something common in contrast with Western way of thinking, is being communitarian. In Western way of thinking, which had turned an agent of moral imperialism for a long time, ‘individualism’ and its following concept ‘autonomy’ is fundamental motto.
The full paper is available here.
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