title: Natural law Judaism? The genesis of bioethics in Hans Jonas, Leo Strauss, and Leon Kass.
abstract: Leon Kass is much misunderstood. He is not simply a Republican ideologue who tailored his ideas to break out of the ivory tower and into the halls of power. Nor does he look simply to use human nature as a moral guide. When the full range of his writings is considered and set in the tradition of his teachers, Hans Jonas and Leo Strauss, what emerges is a natural law position colored by religious revelation.
authors.affiliation: Connecticut College, USA.
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vogel
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D001675:Bioethics; D026822:Ethicists; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D040821:Human Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D007599:Judaism; D009014:Morals; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012070:Religion and Science; D043762:Reproductive Behavior; D028725:Theology