Religious perspectives on bioethics and human rights. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joseph Tham, Kai Man Kwan, Alberto Garcia, editors.
• Editors: Tham, Joseph; Kwan, Kai-man; García, Alberto
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 205/.642; Philosophy; Human rights -- Religious aspects; Bioethics -- Religious aspects; Ethics; RELIGION / Christianity / General; RELIGION / Ethics; Bioethics -- Religious aspects; Human rights -- Religious aspects; Law -- International; Human rights; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Ethics & moral philosophy; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319584317; 3319584316
• Related ISBNs: 9783319584294; 3319584294
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 5, 2017).
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