Cloning--philosophical, ethical and religious considerations

Human Cloning: Religious and Ethical Issues

Cloning humans? Biological, ethical, and social considerations.

There are, in mankind, two kinds of heredity: biological and cultural. Cultural inheritance makes possible for humans what no other organism can accomplish: the cumulative transmission of experience from generation to generation. In turn, cultural inheritance leads to cultural evolution, the prevailing mode of human adaptation. For the last few millennia, humans have been adapting the environme...

Postmortem and Perimortem Cesarean Section: Historical, Religious and Ethical Considerations

Guillimeau was the first to use the term cesarean section (CS) in 1598, but this name became universal only in the 20th century. The many theories of the origin of this name will be discussed. This surgery has been reported to be performed in all cultures dating to ancient times. In the past, it was mainly done to deliver a live baby from a dead mother, hence the name postmortem CS (PMCS). Many...

Brain death: recent ethical and religious considerations in Iran.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has a long history of medicine. The principles derived from core Islamic teachings provide a comprehensive moral, ethical, and legal framework for the practice of medicine. The issue of brain death has significant impact on the procurement of organs from cadavers. It is a major subject of debate and interest to bioscientists, legal experts, religious scholars, and t...

Cloning and Religious Challenges

Genetic Engineering has conquered different arenas and life's various forms and caused drastic changes in them. Today, with the help of biotechnology and genetic engineering, mankind has reached high summits. One such summit is the decoding of human constituting particle which is the source of physical, behavioral features as well as intellectual power. This is nothing but the gene. Today man h...