RT Article
T1 PLAYING GOD AND THE ETHICS OF DIVINE NAMES: AN ISLAMIC PARADIGM FOR BIOMEDICAL ETHICS
JF Bioethics
VO 21
IS 8
SP 413
OP 418
A1 Shahzad, Qaiser
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2007
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1781880638
AB The notion of ‘playing God’ frequently comes to fore in discussions of bioethics, especially in religious contexts. The phrase has always been analyzed and discussed from Christian and secular standpoints. Two interpretations exist in the literature. The first one takes ‘God’ seriously and playing ‘playfully’. It argues that this concept does state a principle but invokes a perspective on the world. The second takes both terms playfully. In the Islamic Intellectual tradition, the Sufi concept of ‘adopting divine character traits’ provides a legitimate paradigm for ‘playing God’. This paradigm is interesting because here we take both terms ‘God’ and ‘playing’ seriously. It is significant for the development of biomedical ethics in contemporary Islamic societies as it can open new vistas for viewing biotechnological developments.
K1 Biotechnology
K1 Divine Names
K1 Ibn ‘Arabi
K1 Al-Ghazali
K1 Islam
K1 playing God
DO 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2007.00578.x