Public Policy and Social Issues: Jewish Sources and Perspectives
Designing public policies to meet the needs of a diverse society is challenging, and the variety of necessary perspectives are often clouded by competing ideas about social responsibility, personal freedom, religious beliefs, and governmental intervention. Here, prominent Jewish scholars and commentators address various social issues and public policies from a Jewish perspective, using Jewish sources and documents to elucidate responses and propose solutions that are in keeping with Jewish...
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Jewish scholars and commentators address various social issues and public policies from a Jewish perspective.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction11Personal Responsibility: The Foundation of Jewish Ethics172Tikkun Olam: Perfecting God's World353Sexual Responsibility and Jewish Law494Abortion and Jewish Law655Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in Jewish Law796Environment in Jewish Law1097Welfare Programs and Jewish Law1338The Ethics of the Free Market1659Genetic Engineering in Jewish Law and Ethics19710Jewish Family Values21711Judaism, International Relations, and American Foreign Policy235Index255About the Editor and Contributors277
