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On The Legality And Morality Of Physician-Assisted Suicide, David J. Baggett
On The Legality And Morality Of Physician-Assisted Suicide, David J. Baggett
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Imago Dei And The Appreciation Of Beauty, Michael S. Jones
Imago Dei And The Appreciation Of Beauty, Michael S. Jones
SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations
"Man does not live by bread alone ... " Human life embraces more than just 'living' (material survival); the human soul thrives on many ambiguous metaphysical elements. One of these elements is beauty. The question motivating this article is the ubiquitous 'why'; why do people find beauty in various elements of their environment? Put another way, what is it that enables one to appreciate beauty? The thesis of this article is that a person's ability to appreciate beauty is a result of being created in the image of God.
Memorials 1995, James A. Borland
Memorials 1995, James A. Borland
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The Return Of Lost Property According To Jewish & Common Law: A Comparison, Michael J. Broyde, Michael Hecht
The Return Of Lost Property According To Jewish & Common Law: A Comparison, Michael J. Broyde, Michael Hecht
Faculty Articles
This article compares the legal rules and jurisprudence of the American common law and Jewish law in the area of finding and returning lost or abandoned property, illustrating the interplay between the purely legal and ethical components of the respective legal systems. Surprisingly enough, the differences between the two systems are not usually significant; they follow the same basic legal principles, and typically lead to the same results. There are, however, two major exceptions: Jewish law imposes a duty to rescue the lost property of one's neighbor, while the common law does not require that one initiate the process by …