Chapter XI The Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources: A Philosophical Analysis of the Halakhic Sources

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
4. Introduction x
5. LIVING A JEWISH LIFE
6. Chapter I Maimonides on Joy 12
7. Chapter II Maimonides on the Philosophical Life 31
8. Chapter III Is There a “Halakhic” Response to the Problem of Evil? 67
9. Chapter IV Attitudes Toward Pleasure in Jewish Thought: A Typological Proposal 83
10. Chapter V Mitzvah as Metaphor: Towards a Philosophical Theory of Ta’amei Ha-Mitzvot 112
11. AUTONOMY, FREEDOM, AND TOLERANCE
12. Chapter VI Maimonides on Freedom of the Will and Moral Responsibility 140
13. Chapter VII Master or Slave? Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik on Human Autonomy in the Presence of God 158
14. Chapter VIII The Autonomy of Reason, Revealed Morality and Jewish Law 205
15. Chapter IX Theoretical Grounds for Tolerance in the Jewish Tradition 225
16. Chapter X Personal Autonomy and Religious Authority 263
17. TOPICS IN APPLIED JEWISH ETHICS AND PHILOSOPHY Applied Jewish Ethics
18. Chapter XI The Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources: A Philosophical Analysis of the Halakhic Sources 305
19. Chapter XII Some Tensions in the Jewish Attitude Toward the Taking of Human Life 338
20. Chapter XIII What Are the Ethical Implications of Jewish Theological Conceptions of the Natural World? 355
21. Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
22. Chapter XIV Joseph B. Soloveitchik: Lonely Man of Faith 378
23. Chapter XV Ger Ve-Toshav Anokhi: Modernity and Traditionalism in the Life and Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik 434
24. Chapter XVI Transcending Time: Elements of Romanticism in the Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik 451
25. Interpreting Jewish Texts
26. Chapter XVII What Does A Jewish Text Mean? Theories of E’lu Ve-Elu Divrei Elohim Hayyim in Rabbinic Literature 467
27. Chapter XVIII How Do Modern Jewish Thinkers Interpret Religious Texts? 481
28. CITATIONS INDEX 509
29. GENERAL INDEX 512