שער חמישי: השתקפות דמותה של הביו־אתיקה הישראלית — מבט חיצוני

׀Barbara Prainsack * 28 this edited volume make this point most convincingly . Moreover, there are voices in Israeli bioethics discourses which are not heard loudly and clearly – those of women’s rights groups, for instance, and to some extent those enunciating the country’s Muslim, Christian, and Druze perspectives . That bioethics discourses and policies cater to dominant sectors in a population is certainly not exclusively an Israeli particularity ; it is in fact the case in most countries that can afford the luxury of even maintaining discussions on bioethics . What other countries can learn from the various Israeli bioethics discourses is that the use of certain techniques or technologies is seldom either morally ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ in principle ; an ethical assessment is highly dependent on context . Whether or not something is considered ethically permissible in a given society or community depends on religious and cultural heritage, on traditions of decision - making and reasoni...  אל הספר