A Confucian Philosophy of Medicine and Some Implications

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 35 (4):466-476 (2010)
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Abstract

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

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