What might Confucius say? Digital doppelgängers for people who are newly dead, dying, or comatose

Nancy S. Jecker, Jing-Bao Nie, Anita Ho

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DOI: 10.1080/11287462.2026.2699487
Published: 2026-07-21
Container: Global Bioethics
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@article{allodium:10.1080/11287462.2026.2699487,
  title = {What might Confucius say? Digital doppelgängers for people who are newly dead, dying, or comatose},
  author = {Nancy S. Jecker and Jing-Bao Nie and Anita Ho},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Global Bioethics},
  doi = {10.1080/11287462.2026.2699487},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/11287462.2026.2699487}
}

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Jecker, N. S., Nie, J., & Ho, A. (2026). What might Confucius say? Digital doppelgängers for people who are newly dead, dying, or comatose. Global Bioethics. https://doi.org/10.1080/11287462.2026.2699487

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