In a recent issue of this journal, Jecker et al. propose a “pluriversal” approach to religion within the context of global bioethics (Jecker et al.
2024). They argue that this framework functions as a normative tool for navigating difference and, when extended to religion, fosters greater justice while enhancing bioethics’ global relevance. However, their discussion leaves open the question of how far religion should be welcomed into bioethics beyond the assertion that bioethicists with religious commitments ought not to be excluded from discourse solely on account of those commitments. …