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Research On Shi Fengze's Thoughts On Awe Of Bioethics

Posted on:2019-06-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y H GuoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2435330548496630Subject:Ethics
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Schweitzer is a pioneer of biocentrism and a humanitarian genius.He is not only a great thinker,but also a giant of action,who carries out his ethical thoughts throughout his life and realizes the unity of personality in the coexistence of practical action and spiritual creation.His theory extends the ethical category from human to all living beings and realizes the transcendence of anthropocentrism.The thoughts on the value of life and the ethical perfection of human beings have had a profound effect on the research of ethics.What's more,it's one of the important wealth of ecological ethics theory.Reverence for life is the core of Schweitzer's theory of ethics.He closely links good and evil with life,proposing good is to promote life,and evil-is to destroy life.He regards the reverence for life as the fundamental means to achieve good and the ultimate goal of life,which fully embodies the spirit of "life is higher than ethics".The will of all life is sacred,equal and universal.Human beings have a moral responsibility for all life and they should display a spirit of humanitarian dedication to alleviate the suffering of all life.What's more,the self-division of the will to life can be overcome in the optimistic ethics of affirming the world and life,then achieving the solidarity of the will to life,and achieving the perfection of the spirit and the progress of the entire human culture.Schweitzer denies the sequence of values of life,and believes that the positive worldview of life requires that life be treated without evil,and that moral feelings derived from sympathy require people to actively perform good deeds.Act and not to act in a unified way.Jointly promote the realization of the community of bioethics.It can be seen that Schweitzer's theory is not an external ethical law,but an attitude toward all living beings and an inner spiritual belief,teaching people what kind of person they should be in the whole field of life.It's said that reverence for life is a kind of implementation methodology of "ethical person".Therefore,the study of the reverence for life ethics not only helps to deeply understand Schweitzer's great personality and cultural significance,but also promotes the harmonious development among man,society and nature in terms of the relationship between materials achievements and moral progress.
Keywords/Search Tags:Schweitzer, reverence for life, biocentrism
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