Multicultural and Interreligious Perspectives on the Ethics of Human Reproduction: Protecting Future Generations

ISBN-13: 9783030869403 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 282 str.

Joseph Tham; Alberto Garcia Gómez; John Lunstroth

Opis

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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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

O autorze

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