Cultural Diversity and Bioethics

Cultural Diversity and Bioethics

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My main question in this article is as follows: "to which extent cultural diversity should be permitted to influence bio-ethical judgments?" There are cultural heritages, values and traditions which are acceptable and respectable and there are ones which are not so. In this article I concl...

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Main Author: K Aramesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2008-03-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
Cultural diversity
Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/2887
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spelling doaj-763be61b267c4459a758ddfee8da07bb2020-12-02T18:55:11ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Public Health2251-60852251-60932008-03-0137Supple 1Cultural Diversity and Bioethics K Aramesh0 My main question in this article is as follows: "to which extent cultural diversity should be permitted to influence bio-ethical judgments?" There are cultural heritages, values and traditions which are acceptable and respectable and there are ones which are not so. In this article I concluded that our reasoning based on common ethical sense can guide us through such differentiations. Human dignity as a common notion among most alive cultures and religions thorough the world, can be relied for sketching a plan for further dialogues in this regard. https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/2887Cultural diversity
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Cultural Diversity and Bioethics
Iranian Journal of Public Health
Cultural diversity
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title Cultural Diversity and Bioethics
title_short Cultural Diversity and Bioethics
title_full Cultural Diversity and Bioethics
title_fullStr Cultural Diversity and Bioethics
title_full_unstemmed Cultural Diversity and Bioethics
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publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series Iranian Journal of Public Health
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2251-6093
publishDate 2008-03-01
description My main question in this article is as follows: "to which extent cultural diversity should be permitted to influence bio-ethical judgments?" There are cultural heritages, values and traditions which are acceptable and respectable and there are ones which are not so. In this article I concluded that our reasoning based on common ethical sense can guide us through such differentiations. Human dignity as a common notion among most alive cultures and religions thorough the world, can be relied for sketching a plan for further dialogues in this regard.
topic Cultural diversity
url https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/2887
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