Fritz Jahr's Bioethical Imperative, Asian Bioethics and the Three Aspects of Integrative Bioethics

10.6145/jme.202209_26(3).0004

Michael Cheng-Tek Tai

Fritz Jahr ； bioethics ； Asian bioethics ； bioethical principles

Journal of Medical Education

26卷3期（2022 / 09 / 01）

141 - 148

英文

Fritz Jahr, a German philosopher's bioethical thinking is new to most of Taiwanese bioethical circle. He was the first scholar in the human history who brought up the thought of a ＂bio-ethics＂ in 1926. This article, a personal view is to introduce his thought to the readers of the Journal of Medical Education. The medical ethics that we teach at the medical schools is somehow outdated as the biomedical technology has moved from merely medical science-oriented to a much wider spectrum of bioethical issues. This article will first discuss the theoretical foundation of Fritz Jahr's bioethics and then compare it with the Asian thinking as there are much similarity that I found in my study of his bioethics. Bioethics covers at least three areas, besides biomedical concern, its concern also extended to environmental and social issues.

1. (1997).Chenmai Statement on Bioethics.Bioethics in India. Proceedings of the International Bioethics Workshop in Mandras
2. Crawford, SC(2003).Hindu Bioethics for the Twenty-first Century.State University of New York Press.
3. Jahr, F,Sass, HM(ed.)(2011).Essays in Bioethics and Ethics 1927-1947.Bochum, Germany:Ruhr Universitat.
4. Jonsen, A(1998).The Birth of Bioethics.Oxford University Press.
5. Leopold, A(1966).A Sound County Almanac.Oxford University Press.
6. Muzur, A(2012).Fritz Jahr and the Foundations of Global Bioethics.Lit Verlag.
7. Potter, VR(1971).Bioethics – Bridge to the Future.London:Prentice Hall International.
8. Reich, C(1970).The Greening of America.New York:Randons House.
9. Robert, D(2019).Professor Michael Cheng-tek Tai (Taiwan)- the winner of the 4th annual Fritz Jahr internaional award for reseacrh and promotion of European Bioethics, 2019.JAHR,10,259.
10. Sass, HM(2016).Cultures in Bioethics.Lit Verlag.
11. Tai, MC(2020).Harmonzing Bioethics.Zurich:Lit Verlag.