Alternatives in Jewish Bioethics

Index

Index Note: Name of Halakhic work follows author's name in parenthesis where the author is better known by work. abortion, 14,95 adoption, 71, 78, 80-82,86 adultery, 73-76, 79 Alfasi (Rabbi Isaac), 39, 40 'Akiva (Rabbi), 20, 103, 105, 108 artificial insemination, 71-78 astrology, 25, 26 autopsy, 127, 128, 131-134, 138, 139 Babad, J. (Minhat Hinukh). 116, 117 Bahye ben Asher, 21, 29 Ben-Patura, 103, 117 Ben-Shim'on, R. A., 57, 58 birth control, 95 Bleich, J.D., 31, 32 Bo'az (Rabbi Joshua), 39, 40, 42,44 Book of Healing (concealed by Hezekiah), 26 brain-death, 14 Brody, B., 6, 7 burial (as duty). 124 bypass surgery, 147, 148 cadaver, 95, 123-126 Cahn, E., 111-113 Caro, (Rabbi Joseph), 15, 44, 110,111 Childress, J., 101, 105 chivalry, 116, 117 class hierarchy, 115 coma, 47 commitment to a particular patient (yielding a concrete duty), 109, 143 to existing patients, 148 consent by husband to donor insemination, 75 by patient, to euthanasia, 39 for autopsies, 131 parenthood by, 82, 86 presumed, 62 consequentialism, 38, 43, 109, Ill, 130 Day ofAtonement, 91 deontology, 38, 39, 43, 48, 49, 61, 85, 94, 111, 113, 114 dependence on God (as religious ideal), 26 dirty hands, 112 disfiguring the dead, 124, 134 disrespect for the dead, 128 divinepermission (to heal), 45, 47 divine authority, 1, 6 162 Index divine image, 13,87,91-95, 99, 109, 117. 118. 124, 138, 139 divine ownership (of human life), 49-53, 60 divine permission (to heal), 19.21.24,29,31.150 divine providence. 19-22, 26, 31. 45. 48.52 divine sovereignty (and suicide), 54 Dorff. E.. 12 duty to rescue "patient before us" as limiting condition. 129. 132 a child (applying to adult), 116 excluding future patients. 148 potential tension with faith in providence, 19 two conceptions of the. 104 where it conflicts with "respect for the dead" 126-140 epidemic, 129 Epstein, Y. (,Arukh Hashulkhan). 49 equality of persons. 99-102 euthanasia: active/passive distinction, 37-43 Feinstein. M.. 75-77. 80, 106, 108-110. 114-117, 130. 132-134. 138, 143-148 Feldman, D., 14.21. 95 feminism, 14 Halakhic grounds for promoting egalitarianism. 79 free will, 21 future patients, 132. 133, 143-147 Gold. M., 81 Gosses (dying person), 40-49 defining the category today. 46 prohibition of hastening or hindering the death process, 43 supplying food and drink, 44 Graetz. M., 7 Green, R., 9, 10 Ha-Levi, H.D., 46. 47 Halakha. 2, 4, 6-10. 14,31. 77. 81 as a formal system. 7 as a system of religious ethics. 10 expanding its scope to full social and political realm, 151 the giving of reasons, 8 Halakhic reasoning by analogy, 46, 57, 70, 149 centrality of obligation in, 126, 134 facing a plurality of interpretations, 9 limitations of received modes, 150 reason vs. tradition, III Halperin. M., 22 Hanina ben Teradion, 50-52 Harris. J .. 112 Hartman, D.. 20 Herschler. M.. 116 Hezekiah (King). 23. 26-30 Hippocratic tradition. 143 Index 163 Holmes (seaman tried in 1842 lifeboat case), 112 hospice, 48 humanism, 92, 99 religious, 13, 87, 89, 91-95, 139, 150, 151 in-vitro fertilization, 70 intensive care, 45, 106-109, 144 intercultural dialogue, 10 intravenous hydration, 47 Jakobovits, I., 7 Jonah (biblical story of casting lots), 105 Kamm, FoMo, 113, 114 Kant, I., 93 Karelitz, I. (Hazon Ish), 129-134 Kellner, Mo, 2 Klein, I., 37, 43 kohen (=priestJ, 72, 115, 116 High Priest, 115 Landa, Y. (Noda Bihuda), 127-133 life support, 9, 42-47 "ordinary" versus "extraordinary," 44 life years, 100, 114 lineage, 72, 73, 115, 117 Luban, Do, 135-137 Maharsha (Rabbi Shmuel Ideles), 28, 29 Maimonides, 14,26,29-34, 38,45,48,52,61,81,106, 110, 111, 149, 151 mamzer (=person born through adultery or incest), 73, 115 marriage in traditional Halakha as non-egalitarian, 79 the scope of the wife's commitment, 75 martyrdom, 50-55 maximizing utility, 146 medical research, 12, 13, 126-135, 138, 139, 144, 145, 148 Meir, D., 147 Meyers, D., 123 Mishna (the), 9, 14 mode of citation, 15 morality approach implying the primacy of duty over virtue, 147 as endorsed by God's authority, 91 divine command (theory), 6, 8 Nahmanides, 23-29, 31-34, 45-48,52,56,73,96, 148-150 natural law, 8 naturalism, 13, 19, 45, 48-50...