id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-333595-9erjf8rk Maurushat, Alana The benevolent health worm: comparing Western human rights-based ethics and Confucian duty-based moral philosophy 2008-02-14 .txt text/plain 10025 568 51 title: The benevolent health worm: comparing Western human rights-based ethics and Confucian duty-based moral philosophy Ethical issues are examined first in a general fashion and then in a specific manner which uses the duty-based moral philosophy of Confucianism and a Western human rights-based analysis. 1 The use of a controversial technology such as a computer worm to disseminate uncensored, sanctioned public health information in China presents contentious ethical issues worth examining. 2 The use of Western rights-based theories (human rights) alongside the Eastern duty-based theory of Confucian moral philosophy provides an interesting platform for an ethical analysis of the benevolent health worm. The author will suggest how human rights and Confucian moral philosophy may be used to better understand the ethical issues presented with the use of the benevolent health worm. ./cache/cord-333595-9erjf8rk.txt ./txt/cord-333595-9erjf8rk.txt