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During the last decade, the trend towards global bioethics has gained popularity. The ethical principles adopted by the member states of UNESCO in the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights in 2005 can be seen as the foundation for global bioethics. Regarding these principles as global principles implies that they can be acceptable across national and cultural boundaries, but interpreted and applied in very different social and cultural contexts. In the Arab world, bioethical issues are addressed from an Islamic perspective. It can be claimed safely that these principles are acknowledged in Islam, though with different weights and justifications shaped by culture and religion. Therefore, in order to understand the Arab perspective of these principles, each principle needs to be first understood from the Islamic perspective, and then it can be examined how it is applied by the contemporary Arab bioethicists in addressing bioethical issues.

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  1. Department of Philosophy, College of Arts, Minia University, Saro Faheem Street, Minia, Egypt

    Prof. Dr. Bahaa Darwish

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    Henk A.M.J. ten Have

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    Bert Gordijn

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Darwish, B. (2014). Arab Perspectives. In: ten Have, H., Gordijn, B. (eds) Handbook of Global Bioethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2512-6_87

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