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This book includes a number of distinct religious and secular views on the anthropological, ethical and social challenges of reproductive technologies in the light of human rights and in the context of global bioethics.  It includes contributions of bioethics experts from six major religions—Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Judaism—as well as secular authors.  The chapters  include commentaries discussing the content cross-religious/secular tradition to give a comparative perspective.  Not only the volume editors but also the contributing authors took part in reviewing each others’ chapter making this a unique collected volume, not common in interreligious dialogue today. This text appeals to researchers and students working in the fields of bioethics and religious/secular studies.

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Author:   Joseph Tham ,  Alberto Garcia Gómez ,  John Lunstroth
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Volume:   9
Weight:   0.486kg
ISBN:  

9783030869403

ISBN 10:   3030869407
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   05 January 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction:  John Lunstroth  1   The Ethical Challenges of Radical Innovation in Assisted Reproduction John Appleby 2   Social, Ethical and Jewish Law Dilemmas regarding ART Jonathan Halevy 3   Catholic Approaches to Procreation and Infertility Paul I. Lee and Joseph Tham 4   Protecting Future Generations: A Global Approach in a Pluralistic World Alberto García Gómez and Claudia R. Sotomayor   PART I Asian Traditions: Buddhism 5   Motherhood and Reproduction: ART from a Buddhist Perspective Ellen Y. Zhang 6   Buddhist Perspectives on Gestational Surrogacy Soraj Hongladaron 7   On Reproduction and Motherhood in the Era of ART Nouzha Guessous   PART II Asian Traditions: Confucianism 8   A Confucian Reasoning on Two Controversial Issues in Reproduction Wenqing Zhao 9   A Confucian Reflection on Reproduction and PGD/PGS Ruiping Fan 10 Response to Confucian Reasonings on Controversial Issues in Reproduction Martha Tarasco   PART III Asian Traditions: Hinduism 11 Assisted Reproductive Technology: Challenges and values—Global milieu and a journey through Hinduism R. R Kishore 12 Liberation (Moksha), Everyday Hinduism and Assisted Reproductive Technology John Lunstroth 13 Unanswered Questions: A Catholic response Sameer Advani    PART IV Monotheistic Traditions: Christianity 14 Controversial areas of ART that can affect the Future Generations from the Christian/Catholic perspective Laura Palazzani 15 An Orthodox Christian Perspective on Assisted Reproduction Chris Durante 16 Response to the Catholic Position on Assisted Reproduction Technology Paul Macneill   PART V Monotheistic Traditions: Islam 17 Producing Parenthood: Islamic Juridical Perspectives & Theological Implications Aasim I. Padela, Katherine Klima and Rosie Duivenbode 18 Muslim Jurists Revisiting “Paternity” & “Maternity” in the Age of ART Mohammed Ghaly 19 What kind of parenthood do we want to create? Mirko Garasic   PART VI Monotheistic Traditions: Judaism 20 Is it Better Not to Be Born? David Heyd 21 Preferring Existence Jonathan K. Crane 22 Soul, Existence and Hope Joseph Tham   PART VII Secular Perspectives 23 Cool cynics, indifferent relativists and affective opposition: secular approaches to protecting future generations Peter Mills 24 Parenthood, Repro-genetics, and Justice Vardit Ravitsky 25 Human Dignity and Personhood Gonzalo Miranda      Lessons Learnt:  Joseph Tham

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Joseph Tham is Professor at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University, Rome. Alberto García Gómez is Professor of Philosophy of Law and International Law at the School of Bioethics of Athenaeum Pontificium Regina Apostolorum, Rome John Lunstroth is a Fellow at UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights

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