Title Multicultural and interreligious perspectives on the ethics of human reproduction : protecting future generations / Joseph Tham, Alberto Garcia Gómez, John Lunstroth, editors

Published Cham : Springer, [2021] ©2021

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color) Series Religion and human rights ; volume 9 Religion and human rights (Springer (Firm)) ; v. 9. Contents Introduction -- 1.The Ethical Challenges of Radical Innovation in Assisted Reproduction -- 2.Social, Ethical and Jewish Law Dilemmas regarding ART -- 3 Catholic Approaches to Procreation and Infertility -- 4.Protecting Future Generations: A Global Approach in a Pluralistic World -- PART I Asian Traditions: Buddhism -- 5.Motherhood and Reproduction: ART from a Buddhist Perspective -- 6.Buddhist Perspectives on Gestational Surrogacy -- 7.On Reproduction and Motherhood in the Era of ART -- PART II Asian Traditions: Confucianism -- 8.A Confucian Reasoning on Two Controversial Issues in Reproduction -- 9.A Confucian Reflection on Reproduction and PGD/PGS -- 10.Response to Confucian Reasonings on Controversial Issues in Reproduction -- PART III Asian Traditions: Hinduism -- 11.Assisted Reproductive Technology: Challenges and valuesGlobal milieu and a journey through Hinduism -- 12.Liberation (Moksha), Everyday Hinduism and Assisted Reproductive Technology -- 13.Unanswered Questions: A Catholic response -- PART IV Monotheistic Traditions: Christianity -- 14.Controversial areas of ART that can affect the Future Generations from the Christian/Catholic perspective -- 15.An Orthodox Christian Perspective on Assisted Reproduction -- 16.Response to the Catholic Position on Assisted Reproduction Technology -- 17. Producing Parenthood: Islamic Juridical Perspectives & Theological Implications -- 18. Muslim Jurists Revisiting "Paternity" & "Maternity" in the Age of ART -- 19.What kind of parenthood do we want to create? -- 20. Is it Better Not to Be Born? -- 21.Preferring Existence -- 22.Soul, Existence and Hope -- PART VII Secular Perspectives -- 23.Cool cynics, indifferent relativists and affective opposition: secular approaches to protecting future generations -- 24.Parenthood, Repro-genetics, and Justice -- 25.Human Dignity and Personhood -- Lessons learnt Summary 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 religionsBuddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Judaismas 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 Notes Includes index Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 21, 2022) Subject Human reproductive technology -- Religious aspects. Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects Human reproductive technology -- Religious aspects Form Electronic book Author Tham, Joseph, 1965- editor. Garcia, Alberto, 1964- editor. Lunstroth, John, editor ISBN 9783030869380 3030869385

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