A Confucian Reflection on Reproduction and PGD/PGS

Ruiping Fan

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A Confucian Reflection on Reproduction and PGD/PGS

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This paper outlines two issues that Confucian scholars need to elaborate on concerning reproductive technologies’ ethical issues. The first is about the foundation of Confucian virtue ethics. The paper clarifies that Confucian virtue principles and rules are not utilitarian; neither represents the subjectivist value of personal autonomy. Instead, they are embedded in the deep structure of the universe and the ritual practice of humans, as Confucian sages disclose in the Confucian classics. The second issue is about the Confucian attitude towards the distinction between therapy and enhancement with reproduction and PGD/PGS. The paper argues that Confucians should sort out different types of PGD/PGS and different types of enhancement and bring them to the test of relevant Confucian values. It concludes that Confucians can accept some types of PGD/PGS and enhancement but must reject others. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Multicultural and Interreligious Perspectives on the Ethics of Human Reproduction
Subtitle of host publication	Protecting Future Generations
Editors	Joseph Tham, Alberto Garcia Gómez, John Lunstroth
Publisher	Springer
Pages	83-90
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-86938-0
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-86937-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86938-0_9
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	7th International Bioethics, Multiculturalism and Religion Workshop: Protecting the Future Generation and the Ethics of Human Reproduction - Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco Duration: 11 Nov 2019 → 13 Nov 2019 http://www.unescobiochair.org/2019/01/13/7th-international-bioethics-multiculturalism-and-religion-workshop-casablanca-fes-morocco-11-13-november-2019/

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Name	Religion and Human Rights
Volume	9
ISSN (Print)	2510-4306
ISSN (Electronic)	2510-4314

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Conference	7th International Bioethics, Multiculturalism and Religion Workshop
Place	Morocco
City	Casablanca
Period	11/11/19 → 13/11/19
Internet address	http://www.unescobiochair.org/2019/01/13/7th-international-bioethics-multiculturalism-and-religion-workshop-casablanca-fes-morocco-11-13-november-2019/

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Fan, R 2021, A Confucian Reflection on Reproduction and PGD/PGS. in J Tham, AG Gómez & J Lunstroth (eds), Multicultural and Interreligious Perspectives on the Ethics of Human Reproduction: Protecting Future Generations. Religion and Human Rights, vol. 9, Springer , pp. 83-90, 7th International Bioethics, Multiculturalism and Religion Workshop, Casablanca, Morocco, 11/11/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86938-0_9

A Confucian Reflection on Reproduction and PGD/PGS. / Fan, Ruiping.
Multicultural and Interreligious Perspectives on the Ethics of Human Reproduction: Protecting Future Generations. ed. / Joseph Tham; Alberto Garcia Gómez; John Lunstroth. Springer , 2021. p. 83-90 (Religion and Human Rights; Vol. 9).

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