View on donated life: Construction of philosophical ethics on human organ donation. (25th February 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, En‐chang; Yang, Yi; Zhu, Wen‐pei
• Is Part Of: Bioethics. Volume 34:Number 3(2020)
• Page Start: 318
• Page End: 321
• Publication Date: 2020-02-25
• Subjects: donated life -- organ donation -- philosophy of science and technology -- social ethics -- view on donated life; Bioethics -- Periodicals; 174.957
• DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12732
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0269-9702

Abstract

Abstract: With the emergence of organ donation and donation technology, the previous indivisibility of the human body becomes divisible, and different human organs form a new life subject. With reference to specific case studies in China, a new life, consisting of donated organs from different bodies by donation, can be called "donated life." Donated life is a win‐win action between altruism and egoism, that is, to save the lives of others and to regenerate the organs of donors or their relatives. Due to the emergence of this kind of life, traditional social ethics theories based on the marriage‐related family find it difficult to difficult to explain the new realities. Thus, new thinking about social ethics is necessary.