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KMID : 1172020010020020073
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Journal of Korean Bioethics Association
2001 Volume.2 No. 2 p.73 ~ p.84
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What means Life?
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Chin Kyo-Hun
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Abstract
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The main purpose of this thesis is to understand "meaning of life" and to discuss "Why should we respect for life?" Today, we are in the ecological crisis that we have never experienced. Such crisis stems from homocentrism and mechanistic view of the world in the modern philosophy. So, we should understand "essence of life" to overcome such crisis. We can define the life through physiological, metabolic, genetic, biochemical, and thermodynamic approaches in the natural science. But, we know that such definitions are insufficient to understand "essence of life." Therefore, we have to request
philosophical or religious approaches to understand "essence of life." According to Christianity, we should respect for all life because all life has absolute value. Although buddhism, taoism and confucianism are a little different from each other theoretically, such religions all share "respect for life." Meaning of life is self-evident and could be understood by intuition. We can only say that all life is meaningful and invaluable. We could believe that all life is noble and respectable. We should ask us "How can we understand life’s nobility?", "How can we exalt life?"
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KEYWORD
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meaning of life, essence of life, respect for life
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