This research focuses on transgender patients discrimination in Yogyakarta in accessing healthcare services. There are two questions on this research: what is the obstacle faced by the transgender-patients in accessing healthcare services? How is the analysis of biomedical ethics seeing this issue? The results on this research are despite the fact they were not being discriminated in the hospital, they did not get the health insurance by the government because of the administrative issue which can not accommodate their gender choice. (...) Therefore, this research seeks to understand the barriers of transgender patients in accessing healthcare services through the perspective of biomedical ethics of Tom L. Beauchamp and James Childress. The researcher concludes that the general rule on social benefits applied in society is still limited only to the specific genders. It is not in accordance with the two principles in biomedical ethics: the principle of justice states that the transgender who is physically harmed has right to get social benefits to remedy the effect of the disadvantages due to their natural property and to have more equal chance of life; and the principle of autonomy states that an autonomous decision of the transgender people to choose their gender is related to the individual rights although they have different view with others and as long as their action do not leave the disadvantage to others, it must be respected as a moral obligation. (shrink)

This paper aims to propose philosophical criticism toward 'classical' thinking on philosophy of technology. This set of thinking tends to be trapped in the distinction between subject-object and romantic-pessimisms on the existence of technological dominance. The authors objective is to provide comprehensive understanding through contemporary approaches in philosophy concerning technological mediation. The study employs factual historical analysis and philosophical reflection to understand technological mediation patterns. The result maps point of view that develops a metaphysical orientation of technological mediation in terms (...) of several approaches. Postphenomenological approaches technological mediation in a relational and intentional context rather than providing a subject-object distinction. Actor-network theory improves the asymmetrical relation of humans and non-humans. Simondon and Harman provide for ontological analysis of tools and technology in human relationships. Critical theory of technology opens the chance that technological relations are not only neutral-instrumental but have transformative and emancipatory power. Therefore, the technological mediation approach can become a new subject in the metaphysics of technology discourse in overcoming the limitations of the classical philosophy of technology. (shrink)