1- Department of Jurisprudence and Islamic Law, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
2- University of Imam Sadegh, Tehran, Iran , Moeinifar@isuw.ac.ir
Abstract: (8314 Views)
Divine religions have adopted various stances regarding cloning, and the Jewish faith has likewise examined the issue and investigated both its classifications. The present paper is a case study of the viewpoints of Jewish scholars on both reproductive and therapeutic cloning.
The results showed that regarding therapeutic cloning, Jewish scholars believe in three different viewpoints: impermissiblity, permissibility and necessity, while they only believe in the first two regarding reproductive cloning, and they present reasoning for their views. This was a library research based on books and articles in Farsi and other languages as well as online sources.
Type of Study:
Research |
Accepted: 2013/10/8 | Published: 2014/06/16