Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Environmental Ethics

Papers from the Pacific islands, India, Bangladesh and elsewhere illustrate the ethical dilemma of environmental policy, sustainable development and the needs of communities to make a living

Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Biotechnology and Bioethics

A number of controversial topics related to bioethics and biotechnology 17 papers that deal with various aspects of release and development of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), stem cells and cloning, privacy and bio-banking

Asia - Pacific Perspectives on Bioethics Education

This collection of papers is the fifth in a series of books from RUSHSAP, UNESCO Bangkok offering Asia and Pacific perspectives on ethics - each focusing on specific themes. The contents come from submitted papers to the UNESCO Bangkok Bioethics conferences held in 2005 and they are assembled thematically. They also include discourse from the conference, as intercultural communication is part of the essence of deliberation on bioethics

Asia-Pacific Perspectives on the Medical Ethics

A compilation of 16 papers selected from two UNESCO Bangkok Bioethics Roundtables, with research and policy dialogues from different countries in the region. It includes papers on informed consent, ethics committees, communication, organ transplants, traditional medicines and sex selectio

BIOETHIK IN JAPAN UND ASIEN

Autor uspoređuje bioetiku u Japanu s bioetikom u ostalim azijskim zemljama i u širim globalnim razmjerima. Bioetiku možemo promatrati na dva načina: kao deskriptivnu - način na koji ljudi gledaju na život te njihove moralne interakcije i odgovornosti prema životu - ili kao preskriptivnu - određivanje onog što je dobro, a što loše, koji su principi najvažniji, ili pak da ljudi imaju određena prava, pa prema tome drugi imaju obveze prema njima. Riječ "bioetika" znači proučavanje etičkih pitanja koja proizlaze iz ljudskog odnosa prema životu i autor je naprosto naziva "ljubav prema životu". Kao podloga za raspravu o bioetičkim pitanjima poslužila je Međunarodna bioetička anketa provedena 1993. u Australiji, Hong Kongu, Indiji, Izraelu, Japanu, Novom Zelandu, Filipinima, Rusiji, Singapuru iTajlandu. Neke od tema o kojima se raspravlja jesu: stavovi prema znanosti, briga za okoliš, genetski inženjering, privatnost, genetske bolesti iAIDS, prenataini genetski testovi probira, gensko liječenje, tehnologija asistirane reprodukcije, medicinska profesija i medicinska etika, eutanazija, moždana smrt i transplantacija organa, obrazovanje. Glavno pitanje kojim se bavi bioetika u Aziji danas je budućnost bioetike i univerzalnost. U studenom 1995.1 osnovat će se Istočno azijsko bioetičko Udruženje (East Asian Association of Bioethics), a dvomjesečnik Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics uključen je u Internet (http://www.biol.tsukuba.ac.jp/ ymacerl EJAIB.html).This paper focuses on bioethics in Japan with comparisons to Asia, and global comparisons. There are two ways to think of the term bioethics, one is as descriptive bioethics - the way people view life and their moral interactions and responsibilities with life. The other is prescriptive bioethics - to say what is good or bad, what principles are most important, or that people have rights and therefore others have duties to them. The world "bioethics" means the study of ethical issues arising from human involvement with life, and I have called it simply the "love of life". The International Bioethics Survey performed in 1993 in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore and Thailand is used as a background to discuss the issues of bioethics. The topics discussed include attitudes to science; environmental concerns; genetic engineering; privacy, genetic diseases and AIDS; prenatal genetic screening; gene therapy; assisted reproductive technology; the medical profession and medical ethics; euthanasia; brain death and organ transplants; and education. The future of bioethics and universality are mayor issues in bioethics in Asia today. The founding of the East Asian Association of Bioethics will be in November, 1995, and the bimonthly Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics is on-line on the Internet (http://www.biol.tSukuba.ac.jp/ -macerIEJAl B.html).Der Verfasser vergleicht die in Japan gegenwartige Bioethik mit der Bioethik der Obrigen asiatischen Staaten und dem globalen Kontext bioethischer Bestrebungen. Die Bioethik kann auf zweierlei Art und Weise betrachtet werden: als deskriptive Disziplin - d.h. Lebenseinstellung, moralische Interaktion zwischen den Menschen und Verantwortung dem Leben gegenober - oder als praskriptive Einstellung - als die Bestimmung dessen, was gut und was schlecht ist, welche Grundsatze ausschlaggebend sind, oder aber als Hinweis auf die Legitimitat bestimrnter Rechte des Menschen und der daraus folgenden Verpflichtungen, die andere ihm gegenOber haben. Der Ausdruck "Bioethik" bedeutet: Untersuchung ethischer Fragen, die aus der Einstellung des Menschen zum Leben hervorgehen, und vom Verfasser wird dies einfach auch als "Liebe zum Leben" bezeichnet. Als Grundlage zur Diskussion Ober bioethische Belange diente eine internationale bioethische Umfrage, die 1993 in Australien, Hong Kong, Indien, Israel, Japan, Neuseeiand, auf den Philippinen, in RuBIand, Singapur und Thailand durchgefOhrt wurde. Einige der wichtigsten Themen, die hier besprochen werden, lauten: Verhaltnis zur Wissenschaft, Umweltschutz, Genmanipulationen, Privatsphare, genetische Erkrankungen und AIDS, pranatale genetische Selektierungstests, Genbehandlung, Technologie im Dienste assistierter Reproduktion, Arztberuf und medizinische Ethik, Euthanasie, Gehirntod, Organtransplantation und Edukation. Die Hauptfrage, mit der sich die Bioethik in Asien heute beschaftigt, ist ihre Zukunft und Universalitat. Im November 1995 wurde der Ostasiatische Verband fOr Bioethik (East Asian Association of Bioethics) ins Leben gerufen, und die Zweimonatszeitschrift Eubios Journal of Asian and Interntional Bioethics ist Teil des Internet-Angebots (http://www.biol.tsukuba.ac.jpl-macerIEJAIB. html)

Ética universal e biodireito multicultural

Diversity is part of what we call being human. We need an integrated cross­ cultural approach to ethics. We should never expect all people to balance the same values in the same way all the time. Nevertheless, there are numerous benefits if the same values, or principles, can be used by ali people and societies. All human beings are found as members of sorne society but ali accommodate sorne individualism within a social niche. All societies have ethical norms and sorne system of ethics. Any international ethical approach to assisting people and systems to making bioethical decisions must consider the biological, social and spiritual origins of humanity. In this fashion, the focus of this article is to address the fundamental question of whether or not a common ethical system could be accepted and applied universally as well as what consequences this could have for biolaw. La diversidad es parte de lo que llamamos ser humano. Necesitamos un enfoque intercultural integrado de la ética. Nunca deberíamos esperar que todas las personas equilibren los mismos valores de la misma manera todo el tiempo. No obstante, existen numerosos beneficios si todos los pueblos y sociedades pueden utilizar los mismos valores o principios. Todos los seres humanos se encuentran como miembros de alguna sociedad, pero todos acomodan algún individualismo dentro de un nicho social. Todas las sociedades tienen normas éticas y algún sistema de ética. Cualquier enfoque ético internacional para ayudar a las personas y los sistemas a tomar decisiones bioéticas debe considerar los orígenes biológicos, sociales y espirituales de la humanidad. De esta manera, el enfoque de este artículo es abordar la cuestión fundamental de si un sistema ético común podría aceptarse y aplicarse universalmente, así como las consecuencias que esto podría tener para el bioderecho.La diversité fait partie de ce que nous appelons l'etre humain. Nous avons besoin d'une approche interculturelle intégrée de lethique. Nous ne devrions jamais attendre de tous les gens qu'ils équilibrent les mémes valeurs de la meme maniere tout le temps. Cependant, ily a de nombreux avantages a ce que tous les peuples et toutes les sociétés puissent utiliser les rnemes valeurs ou príncipes. Tous les étres humains se retrouvent comme membres d'une société, mais tous s'accommodent d'un certain individualisme au sein d'une niche sociale. Toutes les sociétés ont des normes éthiques et un certain systeme dethique. Toute approche éthique internationale visant a aider les personnes et les systemes a prendre des décisions bioéthiques doit tenir compte des origines biologiques, sociales et spirituelles de l'humanité.Ainsi, le présent artide se concentre sur la question fondamentale de savoir si un systeme éthique commun  pourrait  etre universellement  accepté et appliqué, ainsi que sur les irnplications que cela pourrait avoir pour le biodroit.A diversidade faz parte do que chamamos ser humano. Precisamos de urna abordagem intercultural integrada da ética. Nunca devemos esperar que todas as pessoas equilibrem sempre os mesmos valores da mesma forma. Contudo, há muitos beneficios se todos os povos e sociedades puderem utilizar os mesmos valores ou princípios. Todos os seres humanos se encontram como membros de alguma sociedade, mas todos acomodam algum individualismo dentro de um nicho social. Todas as sociedades tém padroes éticos e algum sistema de ética. Qualquer abordagem ética internacional para ajudar pessoas e sistemas a tomar decisoes bioéticas deve considerar as origens biológicas, sociais e espirituais da humanidade. Assim, o foco deste artigo é abordar a questao fundamental de saber se um sistema ético comum poderia ser universalmente aceite e aplicado, bem como as implicações que isto poderia ter para biodireito

ゲーム デ マナブ リンリ ドウトク

二十一世紀中川号訳者一覧:紀平知樹（兵庫医療大学） , 楠本瑶子（国立障害者リハビリテーションセンター学院 言語聴覚学科1年） , 高木遼（大阪大学文学部学生） , 辻明典（大阪大学大学院文学研究科博士前期課程） , 中川雅道（早稲田摂陵中学校講師） , 村瀬智之（中央学院大学非常勤講師・東京工業高等専門学校非常勤講師

Asia - Pacific Perspectives on Ethics of Science and Technology

This collection of papers were originally presented during conferences on ethics in science and technology that UNESCO’s Regional Unit for Social and Human Sciences (RUSHSAP) has been convening since 2005. Since intercultural communication and information-sharing are essential components of these deliberations, the books also provide theme-related discourse from the conferences

Universalism and Ethical Values for the Environment

This book discusses a variety of world views that we can find to describe human relationships with the environment, and the underlying values in them. It reviews existing international legal instruments discussing some of the ethical values that have been agreed among member states of the United Nations