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Bioethical concerns are global, bioethics is Western
Chattopadhyay, Subrata De Vries, Raymond
Chattopadhyay, Subrata
De Vries, Raymond
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"Modern bioethics was born in the West and thus reflects, not surprisingly, the traditions of Western moral philosophy and political and social theory. When the work of bioethics was confined to the West, this background of socio-political theory and moral tradition posed few problems, but as bioethics has moved into other cultures – inside and outside of the Western world – it has become an agent of moral imperialism. We describe the moral imperialism of bioethics, discuss its dangers, and suggest that global bioethics will succeed only to the extent that it is local."
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