GENOMICS IN ASIA: A CLASH OF BIOETHICAL INTERESTS?

Abstract

Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. Genomics in Asia: cultural values and bioethical practices / Margaret Sleeboom -- Pt. I. Religious perspectives -- Ch. 2. Ethical issues: an Islamic perspective / Anwar Nasim -- Ch. 3. Impact of modern genetics: a Sikh perspective / Gursatej Gandhi - - Ch. 4. Hindu bioethics, the concept of dharma and female infanticide in India / Santishree Pandit -- Ch. 5. Human cloning in a Thai novel: Wimon Sainimnuan's Amata and Thai cultural attitudes toward biotechnology / Soraj Hongladarom -- Ch. 6. Implications of Japanese religions in the genomic age: a survey on attitudes towards life and death within Shinto, Buddhist and Christian groups / Noritoshi Tanida -- Pt. II. Cultural and philosophical perspectives -- Ch. 7. Genome, artificial evolution and global community / Hyakudai Sakamoto -- Ch. 8. Biotechnology and responsibility to future generations: a Confucian perspective / Shui Chuen Lee -- Ch. 9. Respecting nature and using human intelligence: elements of a Confucian bioethics / Yu Kam Por -- Ch. 10. Cross-cultural approaches to the philosophy of life in the contemporary world: from bioethics to life studies / Masahiro Morioka -- Ch. 11. A philosophical meditation on genomics / Min Jiayin -- Pt. III. Genomics and practices in Asia - - Ch. 12. Bioethics and medical genetics in Japan / Norio Fujiki - - Ch. 13. Attitudes towards biotechnology and bioethics in the Philippines: a pilot study / Mary Ann Chen Ng and Darryl Macer - - Ch. 14. Chinese 'eugenics': definition, practice and cultural values / Yanguang Wang -- Ch. 15. Genomics, health, and society: a view from the South / Chan Chee Khoon -- List of contributors