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Muslims have so much to offer in the bioethical field, to put forth a consistent methodology to address the theological, ethical, legal, etc. angles of new and developing tech. A running thread of interesting reads (feel free to link if you& #39;ve come across something too) -
Shaykh @musafurber has a brief paper at @tabahfoundation on the ethical implications of nanotechnology, and questions to think about especially where it concerns religion: https://tabahresearch.org/en/?publication=ethical-dimensions-of-nanotechnology">https://tabahresearch.org/en/...
Exploring AI, and how our understanding of humans (having a ruh, aql, etc.) puts this discussion in a different light from @TraversingTrad: https://traversingtradition.com/2018/09/10/artificial-intelligence-and-what-it-means-to-be-human/">https://traversingtradition.com/2018/09/1...
Transhumanism, its goals, methods, and whether/if they align (and in what way) with Islamic principles, and what to consider moving forward from @yaqeeninstitute: https://yaqeeninstitute.org/tamim-mobayed/immortality-on-earth-transhumanism-through-islamic-lenses/#.Xd7Z1NWIYhc">https://yaqeeninstitute.org/tamim-mob...
The first article by Shaykh Musa has this snippet and I looked up the book (Accelerando by Charles Stross) and one of the characters is an Imam. Anyway, @IslamSciFi is a great account to follow for - well - Islam and science fiction!
How we currently understand disorders of consciousness, brain death, what the definition of life is, and how those inform the rulings on pulling the plug. https://yaqeeninstitute.org/maryam-sultan/pulling-the-plug-the-islamic-perspectives-on-end-of-life-care/#.XgPrGhdKgWo">https://yaqeeninstitute.org/maryam-su...
Via @DarulQasim, fatawa and differences in approach using surrogacy as a case study. https://darulqasim.org/brain-death-in-islamic-ethico-legal-deliberation-challenges-for-applied-islamic-bioethics/">https://darulqasim.org/brain-dea...
Shaykh Amin Kholwadia on surrogacy https://www.ilmgate.org/the-islamic-ruling-on-surrogate-motherhood/?shared=email&msg=fail">https://www.ilmgate.org/the-islam...
