Why Is Good Death Important? The Possibility of Dialogue between Western Bioethics and Confucian Ethics  

作　　者：ZHANG Rongnan 

机构地区：[1]Department of Philosophy,East China Normal University,Shanghai 200241,China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Philosophy in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities》2024年第4期446-458,共13页中国高等学校学术文摘·哲学(英文版)

基　　金：funded by General Project of Shanghai Social Sciences Planning(2020BZX004);Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan(2020PJC039).

摘　　要：The concept of a good death is an important issue that ethics should focus on.With the rise of individualism,medical practices have undergone subtle changes,and Western bioethics has begun to consider,from a subjective perspective,which normative conditions constitute a good death.In contrast,the traditional Confucian view of shanzhong善终(good ending)emphasizes the unity of life and death and the transcendence of death from an objective perspective,regarding the moral value of living a good life as the moral requirement for judging a good death.By fully acknowledging the historical changes in the concept of death,we can facilitate a dialogue between these two perspectives,enriching each other and helping modern individuals attain a more comprehensive and morally desirable understanding of death.

关 键 词：good death dignified death shanzhong 

分 类 号：B82[哲学宗教—伦理学]