Ethics of Surrogacy: A Comparative Study of Western Secular and Islamic Bioethics

Authors

  • Sharmin Islam School of General Education, Northern University Bangladesh (NUB), Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Rusli Bin Nordin Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Ab Rani Bin Shamsuddin Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Hanapi Bin Mohd Nor Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Abu Kholdun Al-Mahmood Ibn Sina Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5915/44-1-5920

Keywords:

Medical Ethics, Islam, Surrogacy

Abstract

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5915/44-1-5920

The comparative approach regarding the ethics of surrogacy from the Western secular and Islamic bioethical view reveals both commensurable and incommensurable relationship. Both are eager to achieve the welfare of the mother, child and society as a whole but the approaches are not always the same. Islamic bioethics is straightforward in prohibiting surrogacy by highlighting the lineage problem and also other social chaos and anarchy. Western secular bioethics is relative and mostly follows a utilitarian approach.

Author Biographies

Sharmin Islam, School of General Education, Northern University Bangladesh (NUB), Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh

MA, PhD

School of General Education, Northern University Bangladesh (NUB), Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Rusli Bin Nordin, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Ab Rani Bin Shamsuddin, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Ex Dean, School of Dental Sciences, Univarsiti Sains Malaysia), KotaBharu, Malaysia

Hanapi Bin Mohd Nor, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Ex-Director, Pusat Islam [Islamic Centre] Universiti Sains Malaysia. KotaBharu, Malaysia

Abu Kholdun Al-Mahmood, Ibn Sina Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

MBBS, MPhil, PhD

Department of Biochemistry and Research & Ethics Committee, Ibn Sina Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Published

2013-04-13

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 1 (2012)

Section

Islamic Perspectives

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