Religious perspectives on bioethics and human rights / Joseph Tham, Kai Man Kwan, Alberto Garcia, editors.
Tham, Joseph, editor.; Kwan, Kai Man, editor.; Garcia, Alberto, editor.
2017
BL65.H78 R45 2017eb
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Title Religious perspectives on bioethics and human rights / Joseph Tham, Kai Man Kwan, Alberto Garcia, editors.
ISBN 9783319584317
3319584316
9783319584294
3319584294
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
Copyright ©2017
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Call Number BL65.H78 R45 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 205/.642
Summary This book deals with the thorny issue of human rights in different cultures and religions, especially in the light of bioethical issues. In this book, experts from Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism and Confucianism discuss the tension between their religious traditions and the claim of universality of human rights. The East-West contrast is particularly evident with regards to human rights. Some writers find the human rights language too individualistic and it is foreign to major religions where the self does not exist in isolation, but is normally immersed in a web of relations and duties towards family, friends, religion community, and society. Is the human rights discourse a predominantly Western liberal ideal, which in bioethics is translated to mean autonomy and free choice? In today's democratic societies, laws have been drafted to protect individuals and communities against slavery, discrimination, torture or genocide. Yet, it appears unclear at what moment universal rights supersede respect for cultural diversity and pluralism. This collection of articles demonstrates a rich spectrum of positions among different religions, as they confront the ever more pressing issues of bioethics and human rights in the modern world. This book is intended for those interested in the contemporary debates on religious ethics, human rights, bioethics, cultural diversity and multiculturalism.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 5, 2017).
Added Author Tham, Joseph, editor.
Kwan, Kai Man, editor.
Garcia, Alberto, editor.
Series Advancing global bioethics ; 6.
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Part I : Theoretical discussions
Respect for cultural diversity and pluralism / Henk ten Have
Human rights and cultural diversity in UNESCO bioethics / John Lunstroth
Human rights and the relational self : a personalist approach / Denis Chang
Convergence of human rights and duties : towards a global bioethics / Alberto Garcia, John Lunstroth, Dominique J. Monlezun, and Claudia R. Sotomayor
Part II : Asian religions : Buddhism
On human rights and freedom in bioethics : a philosophical inquiry in light of Buddhism / Ellen Y. Zhang
A Buddhist response to Ellen Zhang's "On human rights and freedom in biomedical ethics" / Soraj Hongladarom
A response to Ellen Zhang's "On human rights and freedom in biomedical ethics : a philosophical inquiry in light of Buddhism" / Colleen M. Gallagher
Part III : Asian religions : Confucianism
Universal declaration on bioethics and human rights : a Confucian critique / Jonathan Chan
Developing Confucian virtue-based rights : a response to Jonathan Chan's Confucian critique of the universal declaration on bioethics and human rights / Ruiping Fan and Wenqing Zhao
Response to Jonathan Chan, Universal declaration on bioethics and human rights : a Confucian critique / Alex Yeung
Part IV : Asian religions : Daoism
Daoism and the universal declaration on human rights and bioethics / Bede Benjamin Bidlack
Daoism and human rights : integrating the incommensurable / David A. Palmer
Daoism, human rights, and bioethics / Roland Chia
Part V : Asian religions : Hinduism
Duties and rights in Hinduism : before and after India's independence / Prakash N. Desai
UNESCO on cultural diversity, bioethics and Hinduism : a response essay (2013) / John Lunstroth
Hinduism and human rights / Martha Tarasco
Part VI : Monotheistic religions : Christianity & Catholicism
The Christian-Catholic religious perspective : human rights, cultural pluralism and bioethics / Laura Palazzani
The dialectical relationship between human rights and the Christian faith : a response to Prof. Laura Palazzani / Kai Man Kwan
Rooting the universals of bioethics and human rights in natural law : an Islamic response to "The Christian-Catholic religious perspective : human rights, cultural pluralism, and bioethics" by Professor Laura Palazanni / Aasim I. Padela
Part VII : Monotheistic religions : Islam
Human rights and bioethics, an Islamic overview / Dariusch Atighetchi
General considerations about Islamic and universal bioethics / Nouzha Guessous
Response to Darius Atighetchi's paper on the Islamic position / Gonzalo Miranda
Part VIII : Monotheistic religions : Judaism
Between humaneness and human rights : a Jewish perspective on modern bioethics / David Heyd
Response to Professor David Heyd's paper entitled : "Between humaneness and human rights, a Jewish perspective on modern bioethics" / Jonathan Halevy and Adina Halevy
Response to the paper, "Between humaneness and human rights" / Hans Ucko
Lessons learned / Joseph Tham.

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