抄録
Recently, it has been discussed that decision-making regarding the use of the most advanced medical techniques, i. e. gene therapy, and organ transplantation, needs ethical standards based on "bioethics". The fundamental concepts of bioethics are "self-determination" by the patient based on his autonomy and "persons theory", which means that reasonable persons can only have self-consciousness or a self-concept. However, limitations of bioethics have been indicated because of its basic concept. This concept differs from the ideas of the psychoanalysis and Buddhism that "ego" itself, which bioethics relies on, cannot be relied upon. Dr. Taro Takemi advocated Seizon and Life Sciences based on the Seizon law of Buddhism at the same time that bioethics appeared in the USA. Seizon means not only survival but also adaptation. In this paper, the foundation and limitations of Informed Consent and Persons, which are the fundamental concepts of bioethics, are discussed, concluding that there are possibilities of using bioethics in Japan and developing bioethics as Seizon and Life Sciences, which is global bioethics.
