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Book SynopsisThis book is about bioethical dilemmas in a large public children's ward. It goes beyond the usual work in secular bioethics by turning to the classic texts of Jewish thought. The book constructs a discussion between and among several disciplines, clinical medicine, Jewish philosophy, and feminist thought.
Trade ReviewLaurie Zoloth's Second Texts and Second Opinions: Essays Towards a Jewish Bioethics is a profound and helpful intervention for both bioethics and Jewish studies...It becomes an inspiring and rich resource with which readers can better think for themselves about medical choices - now and into the future. * Joshua Krug, Reading Religion *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Writing a Jewish Bioethics Chapter 1: The Duty of Repair in a Broken World Chapter 2: Thinking as Interrupted Conversation Chapter 3: Suffering and its Uselessness Chapter 4: Seeing the Doubting Judge Chapter 5: How to be Good Chapter 6: In Case Chapter 7: Trading in Futures Chapter 8: The Full Onus of Mercy Chapter 9: Duty Bound Chapter 10: Making the Things of the World Chapter 11: Ordinary Talk about Ordinary Trouble Conclusion
