Confucianism lacks respect for the individual Q: Chinese people are under the influence of Confucian thinking, which considers damage to one's body to be unfilial to one's parents. This often leads to different positions when discussing current social issues related to death, such as euthanasia or suicide.
儒家不重視個人人權問：中國人受儒家思想「身體髮膚，受之父母，不敢毀傷，孝之始也」的影響極深，這也常在討論現今社會與死亡有關的問題，如自殺、安樂死時，引起不同的討論。