Kaelin, Lukas2019-09-252019-09-252015-08-1920061173-2571http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/225486"What is understood by the term “bioethics” varies widely. Whereas in Germany the focus of the discussion centres on biotechnological issues like Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), research on human stem cells and cloning, in Asia the concept is understood more broadly including among others environmental ethics, animal rights and medical ethics. This article tries to set out the discussion going on in Germany on two rather different levels: On the one hand, it is a legal discussion on whether research on human stem cell should be allowed and whether to put forward PGD. On the other hand, this discussion is entangled with a highly speculative discussion on the issue of manipulation the human genes – if ever possible – in order to improve the human genes. The main aim of giving this account of the ongoing deliberations in Germany is to introduce this discussion to the Asian context in order to enrich the discourse in bioethics going on here. "engWith permission of the license/copyright holderBioethicsGermanyAsiaresearchmedical ethicsPolitical ethicsBioethicsCommunity ethicsEnvironmental ethicsArticle