Interreligious Perspectives on Mind, Genes and the Self (eBook, ePUB)

Emerging Technologies and Human Identity
Redaktion: Tham, Joseph; Gómez, Alberto García; Durante, Chris

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Attitudes towards science, medicine and the body are all profoundly shaped by people's worldviews. When discussing issues of bioethics, religion often plays a major role. In this volume, the role of genetic manipulation and neurotechnology in shaping human identity is examined from multiple religious perspectives. This can help us to understand how religion might affect the impact of the initiatives such as the UNESCO Declaration in Bioethics and Human Rights.

The book features bioethics experts from six major religions: Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism. It includes a number of distinct religious and cultural views on the anthropological, ethical and social challenges of emerging technologies in the light of human rights and in the context of global bioethics. The contributors work together to explore issues such as: cultural attitudes to gene editing; neuroactive drugs; the interaction between genes and behaviours; the relationship between the soul, the mind and DNA; and how can clinical applications of these technologies benefit the developing world.

This is a significant collection, demonstrating how religion and modern technologies relate to one another. It will, therefore, be of great interest to academics working in bioethics, religion and the body, interreligious dialogue, and religion and science, technology and neuroscience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429850844
• Artikelnr.: 54541878

Autorenporträt

Joseph Tham teaches bioethics at Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Rome, Italy, and is the former Dean of the School of Bioethics. He is a Fellow of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights. Chris Durante is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology at Saint Peter's University in New Jersey, USA, as well as a Fellow of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics & Human Rights, where he serves as the Academic Coordinator of the Bioethics, Multiculturalism & Religion workshops. Alberto García Gómez is the director of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights, Rome, Italy. He is Professor of Philosophy of Law and International Law at the School of Bioethics of Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome. Furthermore, he is a researcher of the Human Rights Institute at Complutense University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, Dafna Feinholz; Introduction, Joseph Tham 1 Some Convergence of
Religious Views on the Ethics of Neurogenetic Technologies, Alberto García
Gómez and Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor 2 Cosmopolitan Conversations, Chris
Durante PART I Asian Religions: Buddhism 3 Neurogenomics and
Neuroeudaimonics: Bioethical Challenges from the Buddhist Perspective,
Ellen Y. Zhang 4 Meditation or Medication? A Buddhist Response, Soraj
Hongladaron 5 A Christian Point of View on Buddhist Neuroethics, Colleen
Gallagher PART II Asian Religions: Confucianism 6 DNA, Brain, Mind, and
Soul: A Confucian Perspective, Ruiping Fan 7 Confucian Bio-Philosophical
Naturalism, Wenqing Zhao 8 Christian Reflections on Confucian
Understandings of the Person, Paul I. Lee PART III Asian Religions:
Hinduism 9 Hinduism and Bioethical Challenges in Neurogenomics, Rahul Peter
Das 10 Bioethical Challenges in Neurogenomics: Repositioning Hindu
Bioethics, Deepak Sarma 11 Reflections on Neurogenetic Challenges to Human
Dignity and Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church, María Elisabeth de los
Ríos PART IV Monotheistic Religions: Christianity and Catholicism 12
Neurogenomics from the Catholic tradition: A succinct anthropological
perspective based on recent developments, Alberto Carrara and Giulia
Bovassi 13 Technological Advances and the Common Good: A Protestant
Christian Response, John K. Graham 14 A Jewish Perspective on Neuroethics
and Religion, Mirko Garasic PART V Monotheistic Religions: Islam 15
Responsibly Seeking Knowledge: an Islamic Understanding of Neurogenomics
and Enhancement, Mustafa Abu Sway 16 Ruminations on the Islamic
Understanding of Neurogenomics from a Hindu Perspective, John Lunstroth 17
The Ethical Challenges of Neurogenomics: Nuancing the Islamic Discourse,
Aasim I. Padela PART VI Monotheistic Religions: Judaism 18 If I Only Had
Three Eyes! Jewish Perspectives on Genetic Enhancement, Jonathan K. Crane
19 The Absurdity and Profanity of Transforming Human Nature. Further
Reflections on Genetic Enhancement from a Jewish Perspective, David Heyd 20
Enhancement, Hubris and Vulnerability of the Human Nature: a Response to
the Jewish Perspective, Laura Palazzani Conclusion 21 Interreligious
Perspectives on Emerging Technologies, Joseph Tham