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1、ConfucianViewsonSuicideandTheirImplicationsforEuthanasiaPing-CheungLoPing-CheungLoisaprofessorofphilosophyattheHongKongBaptistUniversity.Hehaswrittenextensivelyonbioethicsandcomparativereligiousethics.HeisalsotheauthorofTreatingPersonsasEnds:AnEssayonKant'sMoralPhilosophy(1987).I.,Inthisselection,Lo
2、distinguishesbetweenself-regardingandother-regardingsuicides.Hemaintains,ithatwhilekillingoneselfforone'sownsakewasconsideredmostlywronginpremodernChina,givingupIone'sownlifeforthesakeofotherswasquitecommonandevenadmired.HeshowshowtheclassicalIConfucianidealsofbenevolence(ren)andjustice(yi)governhow
3、oneshouldliveanddie.Ontheotherhand,healsoexplainshowonekindofself-regardingsuicide,namely,dyingtoavoidhumiliationanddisgrace,wasacceptedintraditionalConfucianismandevenmodernChina.1.INTRODUCTIONitasin.InancientChina,however,notwith•standingsomepettysuicidescommittedbyOnJune2,1927,afamousprofessorofQ
4、ingcommonpeople,manyeminentfiguresusedHuaUniversity,WangGuowei,drownedhim•suicidetoexpresstheircounter-culturalaspi•selfinalakeoftheformerimperialgardeninrations.Thesewerepraiseworthysuicides,Beijing.Hissuicideprovedextremelycontro•Liangconcluded,andshouldbynomeansbeversialandevokedmuchdiscussion.1H
5、iscol•rashlyreproachedbyalienEuropeanvaluesleagueandfamousintellectual,LiangQichao,(Liang,1927,p.75).wroteseveraleulogiesinhishonor.InoneofIthinkthemainideaofLiang'sobservationtheseeulogiesLiangremindedhiscolleaguesislargelycorrect.TraditionalChineseethicalandstudents,wholivedinaculturewhichhadpersp
6、ectivesonsuicidediffersignificantlyfromjustenteredthemodernageandwasundertheirWesterncounterparts,withthepossibleheavyWesterninfluence,nottouseWesternexceptionofStoicRome.JustasWesternviewsperspectivestoevaluateWang'ssuicide.Euro•onsuicidehavebeenstronglyinfluencedbythepeans,Liangasserted,usedtorega
7、rdsuicideancientGreekphilosophers(Pythagoras,Plato,asanactofcowardice,andChristianitymadeandAristotle)andAugustinianChristianity,theChineseviews,especiallyamongtheedu•catedpeople,havebeenlargelyinflue
