2012 Claremont International Jain Conference ►Presenter Abstracts
Posted: 05.10.2012
Updated on: 30.07.2015
Claremont Lincoln University

The 2012 Claremont International Jain Conference
Bioethics: Religious and Spiritual Approaches
August 24-25, 2012
Claremont Lincoln University, Mudd Auditorium
1325 N. College Ave., Claremont, CA 91711
Following abstracts are available:
Ram Agarwal (University of Miami) -
Hindu Bioethics in the Present Medical Context Varsha Bhatt-Mehta (University of Michigan) -
Ethical Dilemmas in Neonatal Medicine and Pharmacotherapy Swasti Bhattacharyya (Buena Vista University) - Creative Wormen, Babies & Science: An Inter-Weaving of Culture, Religion & Bioethics Dilip Bobra (Vascular Surgery Associates, Phoenix, AZ) -
Living with Non-Violence Whitny M. Braun (Claremont Graduate University) -
Sallekhana: the Ethicality and Legality of Religious Suicide in the Jain Religious Community and the Ramifications of its Practice for Future Generations Seth Clark (Claremont Graduate University) - Reincarnation and Near Death Experiences: Dealing with Death from a SGI Buddhist Perspective Brian J. Cummings (UC Irvine) -
Stem Cell Therapies for Neurological Disorders: What is the Science, What is the Hype? Brianne Donaldson (Claremont Lincoln University) - Why Animals Need Jainism to Differ with Science: A Jain Intervention in the Discourse of Bioethics Elliot Dorff (American Jewish University) -
Rachel said to Jacob,’Give Me Children or I Shall Die’ (Genesis 30:1) Gary L. Francione (Rutgers University) -
Jainism and Vivisection: The Problems of Moral Relativism, the Defense of Self/Others, and Consequentialist Analysis
Robert Hesse (President, Contemplative Network)
- Conscience and Consciousness: A Christian Perspective Shugan C. Jain (Chairman, Jain Studies Program in India) -
Bioethics: Traces and Foundations in Jainism Thomas Peteet (Family Medicine Resident, Boston Medical Center)
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John Ray Peteet (Harvard Medical School)
- Signature Religious Virtues in Bioethics Surendra Singh Pokharna (Former Scientist, Indian Space Research Organization)
- Exploration of General Systems Theory and Jain philosophy could provide new ways of looking at the field of Bioethics Faisal Qazi (President, Medical Network Devoted to Service [MiNDS]) -
The Degree of Certianity in Brian Death: Probability in Clinical and Islamic Legal Discourse Harold Rabinowitz (Author of Religion in America) -
Why Should a Jew Care what a Jain Believes? The Evolving Jewish Ethic of Human-Animal Relations Nitin Shah (Loma Linda University)
- Religion of Humanity Rita Sherma (Nalanda Confluence Institute) -
Hindu Chaplaincy