332 Pages
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Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
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Routledge
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This book provides insights on research into the social, political and ethical aspects of genomics, and reflects the bioethical experiences of researchers from Japan, China, the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Pakistan, India and Malaysia. The subjects of discussion vary from genetics in China to religious perspectives on cloning and genetic therapy. Themes include the commercial and medical... Read more
Contents, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Genomics in Asia: Cultural Values and Bioethical Practices, I. Religious Perspectives, 2. Ethical Issues: An Islamic Perspective, 3. Impact Of Modern Genetics: A Sikh Perspective, 4. Hindu Bioethics, the Concept Of Dharma and Female Infanticide in India, 5. Human Cloning in A Thai Novel: Wimon Sainimnuan's Amata and Thai Cultural Attitudes Toward Biotechnology, 6. Implications Of Japanese Religions in the Genomic Age: A Survey On Attitudes Towards Life and Death Within Shinto, Buddhist and Christian Groups, II. Cultural and Philosophical Perspectives, 7. Genome, Artificial Evolution and Global Community, 8. Biotechnology and Responsibility To Future Generations: A Confucian Perspective, 9. Respecting Nature and Using Human Intelligence: Elements Of A Confucian Bioethics, 10. Cross-Cultural Approaches To the Philosophy Of Life in the Contemporary World: From Bioethics To Life Studies, 11. A Philosophical Meditation On Genomics
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Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner
