The Autonomous Relational Self- Confucius and Beyond Open Access
Krishnan, Advaita (Summer 2025)
Abstract
Through this thesis I will posit an abstracted Confucian model of relationships to help frame the influences that impact a patient during end-of-life decision making. The clinical ethics surrounding decision making in medicine are complicated, and get increasingly more so in end- of-life care contexts. First I will evaluate a facet of Western clinical ethics, autonomy- its importance, its current formulation, and its pitfalls. To resolve the issues raised I will employ scholarship from the fields of Relational autonomy. To further the understanding of the self and one’s relationship in the context of autonomy, I will employ the five Confucian relationships and concepts of self-cultivation, and benevolence. Finally, I will rework concepts from the above disciplines to create a model that is inclusive and applicable for modern day clinical practice.
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On Autonomy On relational autonomy The Confucian self The proposed model
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