Medicine, Technology and Morality

Philosophy and Culture 31 (11):31-44 (2004)
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Advances in medical technology, indeed bring considerable benefits, but improper use of medical technology, will also bring unprecedented problems and confusion. This bare involves two medical and technology face: First, the technology used in medical activity values; Second, the medical itself is a technology? Here is where the focus of the issue: the physiology, anatomy and other science-based medicine, dominated today's medical activities, as if that means medicine as a natural science like the integration of science and technology, and medical activities in the face Distinct individual string tone is irreplaceable and independent "body, mind, and spirit" of human life throughout the whole, completely different from the general technology of the object. This paper enterprises want from the medical and general science and technology of comparison, in terms of purpose of the study, practice, into that or success, and moral or value, etc., in terms of science and technology in the medical within the application of the ethical thinking or values. The progress of medical technology is indeed considerable profits to the mankind. However, improperly employed medical technology causes problems and confuses that have hitherto unknown to man. Medical activities actually involve two dimensions of medicine and technology: One, what is the orientation of values ​​in applying technology to medical practice? The other, whether medicine itself is in fact a technology? The focus of the questions herein is that biomedicine, mainly in terms of physiology and anatomy, dominates today's medical activities, and acts like it is to signify that medicine is the combination of science and technology as natural science in general is. Yet, what medicine has to face is to emphasize individual's particularity as well as its independent and irreplaceable body, mind, and spirit of a complete man. This is utterly different from the object of natural science in general. The paper is intending to discuss the moral thinking or the orientation of values ​​of science and technology applied in medicine, by way of the contrast between medicine and natural science in general, in its study, goal, practice, achievement, success or whatever: as well as its morality or value. It is going to talk about moral thinking or value orientation of technology in use within medical activities

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