Cross-cultural Issues in Bioethics: The Example of Human Cloning

· At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries Series Book 27 · Rodopi
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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.

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Heiner Roetz is professor for Chinese History and Philosophy at the Ruhr-University Bochum /Germany. He is the speaker of the research group "Culture-Transcending Bioethics" funded by the German Research Foundation.

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