Cross-Cultural Issues in Bioethics: The Example of Human Cloning (At the Interface/Probing the Boundaries 27) (At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries)

Human cloning is a main focus of current bioethical discussion. Involving the self-understanding of the human species, it has become one of the most debated topics in biomedical ethics, not only on the national, but also on the international level. This book brings together articles by bioethicists from several countries who address questions of human cloning within the context of different cultural, religious and regional settings against the background of globalizing biotechnology. It explores on a cross-cultural level the problems and opportunities of global bioethics The Ethics Of Human Cloning And The Sprouts Of Human Life / Masahiro Morioka -- Cloning In Japan : Public Opinion, Expert Counselling, And Bioethical Reasoning / Robert Horres, Hans Dieter Ölschleger, Christian Steineck -- Cloning Issues In China / Uiu Renzong -- Culture And Bioethics In The Debate On The Ethics Of Human Cloning In China / Ole Döring -- Chinese Ethics And Human Cloning : A View From Hong King / Gerhold Becker -- Current Debates On 'human Cloning' In Korea / Chin Kyo-hun -- The Cloning Debate In South Korea / Marion Eggert, Phillan Joung -- Some Observations On Buddhist Thoughts On Human Cloning / Jens Schlieter -- Human Cloning : Thai Buddhist Perspectives / Pinit Ratanakul -- The Ethics Of Human Cloning : With Reference To The Malaysian Bioethical Discourse / Siti Nurani Mohd Nor -- The Charm Of Biotechnology : Human Cloning And Hindu Bioethics In Perspective / Heinz Werner Wessler -- Cultural And Religious In Islamic Biomedicine : The Case Of Human Cloning / Abdulaziz Sachedina -- The Debate About Human Cloning Among Muslim Religious Scholars Since 1997 / Thomas Eich -- The Debate On Human Cloning : Some Contributions From The Jewish Tradition / Y. Michael Barilan -- Bioethics In The Perspective Of Universalization / Christofer Frey -- The American Debate On Human Cloning / Nigel M. De S. Cameron -- Primordial Ownership Versus Dispossession Of The Body : A Contribution To The Problem Of Cloning From The Perspective Of Classical European Philosophy Of Law / Thomas Sören Hoffmann -- Human Cloning As A Challenge To Traditional Health Care Cultures / Ilhan Ilkilic -- Let Probands And Patients Decide About Moral Risk In Stem Cell Research And Medical Treatment / Hans-martin Sass -- Human Reproductive Cloning : A Test Case For Individual Rights? / Florian Braune, Nikola Biller-andorno, Claudia Wiesemann -- Epilogue : Cross-cultural Discourse In Bioethics : It's A Small World After All / Nikola Biller-andorno. Edited By Heiner Roetz. Includes Bibliographical References. Content: Introduction The Ethics of Human Cloning and the Sprouts of Human Life Cloning in Japan: Public Opinion, Expert Counselling, and Bioethical Reasoning Cloning Issues in China Culture and Bioethics in the Debate on the Ethics of Human Cloning in China Chinese Ethics and Human Cloning: A View from Hong Kong Current Debates on 'Human Cloning' in Korea The Cloning Debate in South Korea Some Observations on Buddhist Thoughts on Human Cloning Human Cloning: Thai Buddhist Perspectives The Ethics of Human Cloning. With Reference to the Malaysian Bioethical Discourse. The Charm of Biotechnology: Human Cloning and Hindu Bioethics in PerspectiveCultural and Religious in Islamic Biomedicine: The Case of Human Cloning The Debate about Human Cloning Among Muslim Religious Scholars since 1997 The Debate on Human Cloning: Some Contributions from the Jewish Tradition Bioethics in the Perspective of Universalization The American Debate on Human Cloning Primordial Ownership versus Dispossession of the Body. A Contribution to the Problem of Cloning from the Perspective of Classical European Philosophy of Law. Human Cloning as a Challenge to Traditional Health Care CulturesLet Probands and Patients Decide About Moral Risk in Stem Cell Research and Medical Treatment Human Reproductive Cloning: A Test Case for Individual Rights? Epilogue: Cross-Cultural Discourse in Bioethics: It's a Small World After All Notes on Contributors.