Health Care and Human Vulnerability: A Confucian Perspective

Jonathan K L CHAN

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-8736-9_14

Health Care and Human Vulnerability: A Confucian Perspective

Jonathan K L CHAN^*

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Centre for Applied Ethics

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Abstract

It is widely accepted that we bear special responsibilities toward those who are vulnerable, especially those who are vulnerable to our actions and choices. However, exactly who falls under the category of the vulnerable? What special responsibilities do we have toward them, and on what grounds?.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Religious Perspectives on Human Vulnerability in Bioethics
Editors	Joseph Tham, Alberto Garcia, Gonzalo Miranda
Publisher	Springer, Dordrecht
Pages	153-164
Number of pages	12
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9789401787369
ISBN (Print)	9789401787352, 9789402400526
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8736-9_14
Publication status	Published - 8 Jul 2014

Publication series

Name	Advancing Global Bioethics
Volume	2
ISSN (Print)	2212-652X
ISSN (Electronic)	2212-6538

Scopus Subject Areas

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Issues, ethics and legal aspects
Health(social science)
Health Policy

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Distributive Justice
Moral Intuition
Moral Obligation
Moral Responsibility
Universal Declaration

UN SDGs

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