Alternatives in Jewish Bioethics

by Noam J. Zohar

Overview

Alternatives in Jewish Bioethics consists of a dialogue between contemporary, Western moral philosophy and the Jewish tradition of legal/moral discourse.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791432730
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	02/20/1997
Series:	SUNY series in Jewish Philosophy
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Noam J. Zohar is Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Bar Ilan University, Israel and is Senior Research Fellow, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. Authority in Nature

1. Religious Naturalism: Human Responsibility and Divine Decree

2. Death: Natural Process and Human Intervention

3. Parenthood: Natural Fact and Human Society

God and Nature: A Summary

Part II. Religious Humanism

Elements of Religious Humanism

4. Human Life, Human Lives: Assessing the Absolute

5. Human Bodies: Long-Term Benefits and Symbolic Constraints

6. Allocating Medical Resources: Global Planning and Immediate Obligations

References

Index

Editorial Reviews

A dialogue between contemporary, Western moral philosophy and the Jewish tradition of legal/moral discourse ("Halakha"), addressing central issues in medical ethics, such as suicide, euthanasia, donor insemination, surrogate motherhood, the use of human cadavers for research, and allocation of resources at the individual and social levels. For those interested in Jewish philosophy and medical ethics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

"This is a good example of the kind of mutual learning that can happen when two traditions are integrated, and the author's discussions of the topics he treats advance the field." — Elliot N. Dorff, University of Judaism

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