Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

1. Please summarize the main points of the assigned reading emphasizing the unique cultural perspective to the ethical issue, technology or research in question. Generally speaking, scientific discoveries have positively impacted human life in a profound way. However, there has been limitations that have come with some of the discoveries and the general ethical concerns across the globe. Human embryonic stem cell research, for example, is one of the discovery that has raised a series of ethical and public-policy questions that are now being confronted by multiple international organization, nation, cultures, and religious traditions according to (Walters, 2004). Standardizing hESCs and distributing these cells to the scientist around the world is an important step towards the advancement of hESC science and the eventual …show more content…
To what degree do you think that cultural philosophy and history contribute to different views/approaches to biotechnology and bioethics?
Reference
Chan, D., (2004). Autonomy, humane medicine, and research ethics: An East Asian perspective. In M. C. Brannigan (Ed.), Cross-cultural Biotechnology (pp. 127-137). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, INC.
Walters, L. (2004). Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: An Intercultural Perspective, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 14(1). pp. 3-38. DOI: 10. 1353/ken.2004.0019
Mirza, B., (2004). Islamic perspectives on biotechnology. In M. C. Brannigan (Ed.), Cross-cultural Biotechnology (pp. 105-111). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, INC.
Reichman, E., (2004). Why is this gene different from all other genes? The Jewish approach to biotechnology. In M. C. Brannigan (Ed.), Cross-cultural Biotechnology (pp. 93-104). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, INC.
Levine, A. D. (2010). Science policy and the geographic preferences of stem cell scientists: understanding the appeal of China and Singapore.New Genetics & Society. 29(2), pp.187-208.DOI: