Zohar, Noam J.

Alternatives in Jewish Bioethics. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (176 pages) - SUNY Series in Jewish Philosophy Series . - SUNY Series in Jewish Philosophy Series .

Front Matter -- Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Authority in Nature -- Death: Natural Process andHuman Intervention -- Parenthood: Natural Fact and Human Society -- God and Nature: A Summary -- Religious Humanism -- Elements of Religious Humanism -- Human Life. Human Lives: Assessing the Absolute -- Human Bodies: Long-Term Benefits and Symbolic Constraints -- Allocating Medical Resources: Global Planning and Immediate Obligations -- Back Matter -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.

This dialogue between the Jewish normative tradition and Western moral philosophy addresses central contemporary issues in medical ethics.

9781438424873


Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Bioethics.
Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law).
Jewish ethics.


Electronic books.

BM538.H43 -- Z64 1997eb

296.3/85642