Jewish Bioethics?

Authors: Levin M.; Birnbaum I.

Source: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Volume 25, Number 4, August 2000 , pp. 469-484(16)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

"Jewish Bioethics" as currently formulated has been criticized as being of parochial concern, drawing on obscure methodology, employing an authoritarian (and, to the modern mind, unintelligible) method of discourse and as being of little relevance to the wider community. We analyze Jewish bioethics in terms of rule and principle theory and demonstrate that it is based on rational consideration and reproducible reasoning. This approach allows methodological and terminological translation into a Western method of discourse that, in turn, has much to contribute to clarifying underlying principles and methods of application of modern bioethics.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1076/0360-5310(200008)25:4;1-A;FT469

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