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    Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition

    Brianne Donaldson, Ana Bajželj

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    Jainism, perhaps more so than any other South Asian tradition, focuses strongly on the ethics of birth, life, and death, with regard to both humans and other living beings. Insistent Life is the first full-length interdisciplinary examination of the foundational principles of bioethics within Jain doctrine and the application of those principles in the contemporary sphere. Brianne Donaldson and Ana Bajželj analyze a diverse range of Jain texts and contemporary sources to identify Jain perspectives on bioethical issues while highlighting the complexity of their personal, professional, and public dimensions. The book also features extensive original data based on an international survey the authors conducted with Jain medical professionals in India and diaspora communities of North America, Europe, and Africa.

    “Through an analysis of traditional Jain texts and contemporary voices of practicing Jains, Brianne Donaldson and Ana Bajželj provide important insights from within Jainism to bioethical discussions. When read by healthcare professionals, this work can contribute to their understanding of the increasingly diverse patient population within their care.” SWASTI BHATTACHARYYA, author of Magical Progeny, Modern Technology: A Hindu Bioethics of Assisted Reproductive Technology

    Insistent Life fills a scholarly gap by presenting a comprehensive review of the ethical and medical views of Jainism and how they apply to contemporary bioethics. Undoubtedly, this treatment will be welcomed by religious scholars and scholars of Jainism in particular.” DAVID E. GUINN, editor of Handbook of Bioethics and Religion

    BRIANNE DONALDSON is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies and Shri Parshvanath Presidential Chair in Jain Studies at University of California, Irvine. ANA BAJŽELJ is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Shrimad Rajchandra Endowed Chair in Jain Studies at University of California, Riverside.

    Language: English

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.108

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    Donaldson B. & Bajželj A. 2021. Insistent Life: Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition. California: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.108
    Donaldson, B. and Bajželj, A., 2021. Insistent Life: Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition. California: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.108
    Donaldson, Band A Bajželj. Insistent Life: Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition. University of California Press, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.108
    Donaldson, B., & Bajželj, A. (2021). Insistent Life: Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition. California: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.108
    Donaldson, Brianne, and Ana Bajželj. 2021. Insistent Life: Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition. California: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.108




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