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Islamic Discourses on Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Thomas Eich
November 12, 2013August 12, 2019

Several years ago I attended a workshop in Switzerland where scholars from several European countries, as well as religious representatives from Niger and the Middle East, discussed issues relating to assisted reproductive technologies. I remember one particular exchange vividly. I wanted to inquire as to the opinion of the Chief Judge (Qadi) of a major Middle Eastern City on the issue of heterologous insemination. Read the full article »

Bridging Bioethics and Social Ethics

Series: Science and the Human Person

Maura Ryan
September 27, 2013August 12, 2019

Religious traditions can and should provide resources for challenging the extremes of liberal individualism and exposing the religions of science and the market at work in constructing and mediating choices—all kinds of choices—about the development, use, and distribution of biotechnologies.

The Case of the “Two-Minus-One” Pregnancy

Charles Camosy
September 19, 2013August 12, 2019

In post-Enlightenment secular bioethics, the default value has become the autonomy and choice of the individual. But Christian and Muslims traditions are, of course, skeptical of this shift. Unless we critically examine the social context and structures which shape and even coerce our “autonomous” and “free” choice, we cannot hope to adequately engage bioethical issues. Read the full article »

Reframing Islamic Bioethics

Sherine Hamdy
September 18, 2013August 12, 2019

Bioethics needs to look beyond the cutting-edge life-or-death scenarios and speak to the everyday inequalities of politically mismanaged and economically vanquished societies.

Is There an Islamic Bioethics?

Abdulaziz Sachedina
March 12, 2013August 7, 2019

Historically, Muslim bioethics has essentially been based on legal decisions without any reference to ethics as understood in secular discourses. In the last decade, some Muslim jurists have begun to understand the need to discuss their rulings in light of ethical considerations of right and wrong, resulting in a new moral discourse.

The Human Person and the Human Brain: Some Implications of New Science

Charles Camosy
February 13, 2013August 5, 2019

The gradual shift toward identifying the human person with capacities of the individual brain raises a number of difficult problems. New scientific discoveries have challenged existing conceptions of the human person and have important implications for bioethics.

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