Jewish Law Perspectives on Suicide and Physician-Assisted Dying
Unlike nonreligious legal systems, Jewish law (halakha) assumes the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient and benevolent Creator whose purposes cannot always be fathomed. Jewish law also assumes a network of relationships between and among the Creator and all human beings. As a result of these assu...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1998
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 1998, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 289-349 |
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