title: Ethics of surrogacy: a comparative study of Western secular and islamic bioethics.
abstract: The comparative approach regarding the ethics of surrogacy from the Western secular and Islamic bioethical view reveals both commensurable and incommensurable relationship. Both are eager to achieve the welfare of the mother, child and society as a whole but the approaches are not always the same. Islamic bioethics is straightforward in prohibiting surrogacy by highlighting the lineage problem and also other social chaos and anarchy. Western secular bioethics is relative and mostly follows a utilitarian approach.
authors.affiliation: School of General Education, Northern University Bangladesh (NUB), Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Sharmin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: Rusli Bin
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Nordin
authors.forename: Ab Rani
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Bin Shamsuddin
authors.forename: Hanapi Bin
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Mohd Nor
authors.forename: Abu Kholdun
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Al-Mahmood
keywords: Islamic bioethics; Medical bioethics; Surrogacy