Providing ethically competent care requires nurses to reflect not only on nursing ethics, but also on their own ethical traditions. New challenges for nurse educators over the last decade have been the increasing globalization of the nursing workforce and the internationalization of nursing education. In New Zealand, there has been a large increase in numbers of Chinese students, both internati...

Within years of evolution, the Hakka people still retain many customs and cultural traditions their homeland, adhere to Confucian ethics morals that originated in homeland. Among them, core values respect for ancestors, teachers, virtue self-improvement have been integrated into bloodline people, becoming an excellent spiritual quality culture important asset overcome difficulties strengthen co...

A review was conducted of English-language peer-reviewed and gray literature on health and ethics written by authors from Bangladesh, China, India, and Pakistan. This was supplemented by the knowledge of co-authors who are involved in bioethics capacity building in these countries. Of the identified literature that focused on the application of Western principles, it largely discussed informed ...

The popular interpretation holds that Mengzi was strongly critical of Mozi because the Mohist moral theory antithetical to Confucian relational ethics. According this interpretation, Mohism promotes norm “impartiality” or “impartial care”, which violates norms “filial piety” and “graded love”. Accordingly, thought ideal would not be realized if continued prevail. Scholars have tried nuance revi...

The Confucian thought handed down from generation to has widely influenced the spiritual world of Chinese nation, and is reflected in all aspects life, tradition teachers a profound influence on morality behavior norms China. Which Confucius “benevolence” as core teacher, mencius good theory “Yang good” teacher xunzi based “evil” most representative influence, habit traditional professor after ...

Introduction On August 8th, 2008 countless viewers around the globe watched the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. The ceremony included performers representing the disciples of Confucius, chanting quotations from The Analects. The Confucian theme was continued as the performers lifted and lowered individual blocks in a choreographed display. In the end, the blocks formed the Chinese cha...

Two crucial topics in the philosophy of medicine are the philosophy of nature and philosophical anthropology. In this essay I engage the philosophy of nature by exploring Anne Fagot-Largeault's study of norms in nature as a way of articulating a Confucian philosophy of medicine. I defend the Confucian position as a moderate naturalism.

This paper examines whether the modern bioethical principles of respect for autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice proposed by Beauchamp and Childress are existent in, compatible with, or acceptable to the leading Chinese moral philosophy-the ethics of Confucius. The author concludes that the moral values which the four prima facie principles uphold are expressly identifiable in Co...

a r t i c l e i n f o This paper reviews findings from several studies that contribute to our understanding of cross-cultural differences in academic achievement, anxiety and self-doubt. The focus is on comparisons between Confucian Asian and European regions. Recent studies indicate that high academic achievement of students from Confucian Asian countries is accompanied by higher levels of anx...