St. Thomas Law Review
First Page
877
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The central theme and thrust of this article is that Jewish law is comfortable with humans as caretakers of nature, even if that entails "correcting" natural genetic flaws, and that the Jewish tradition has a bi-directional definition of humanness, with one being human either by being from a human mother or by being capable of human thought, and that within those parameters genetic engineering is to be treated like any other form of medical treatment, which is proper when used to benefit humanity.
Recommended Citation
Michael J. Broyde,
Gentetically Engineering People: A Jewish Law Analysis of Personhood,
13
St. Thomas L. Rev.
877
(2001).
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https://scholarship.stu.edu/stlr/vol13/iss4/9