Religion and Biopolitics | ISBN 9783030145804

Religion and Biopolitics

herausgegeben von Mirjam Weiberg-Salzmann und Ulrich Willems
Mitwirkende
Herausgegeben vonMirjam Weiberg-Salzmann
Herausgegeben vonUlrich Willems
Buchcover Religion and Biopolitics  | EAN 9783030145804 | ISBN 3-030-14580-8 | ISBN 978-3-030-14580-4

Religion and Biopolitics

herausgegeben von Mirjam Weiberg-Salzmann und Ulrich Willems
Mitwirkende
Herausgegeben vonMirjam Weiberg-Salzmann
Herausgegeben vonUlrich Willems

Given the profound moral-ethical controversies regarding the use of new biotechnologies in medical research and treatment, such as embryonic research and cloning, this book sheds new light on the role of religious organizations and actors in influencing the bio-political debates and decision-making processes. Further, it analyzes the ways in which religious traditions and actors formulate their bio-ethical positions and which rationales they use to validate their positions. 
The book offers a range of case studies on fourteen Western democracies, highlighting the bio-ethical and political debates over human stem cell research, therapeutic and reproductive cloning, and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. The contributing authors illustrate the ways in which national political landscapes and actors from diverse and often fragmented moral communities with widely varying moral stances, premises and commitments formulate their bio-ethical positions and seek to influence political decisions.