On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 04:08:58 -0700, Stephen Black wrote: >Hemophilia in the Talmud and Rabbinic Writings >FRED ROSNER, M.D. >Ann Intern Med. 1969;70(4):833-837. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-70-4-833 >SUMMARY: >[snip] >This ruling was stated only in regard to siblings or maternal cousins >as only the direct maternal transmission of the disease was >recognized. Omitted from all the Jewish sources is a consideration of >the child whose maternal uncles died of bleeding after circumcision. >------------------------ >Say, I thought this list was supposed to be about psychology :-)
It is but psychology is about many things and it is important to be sensitive and understanding about the context in which phenomena occur. In this and related threads, there is the issue of how beliefs serve as the basis for behavior and whether these beliefs are considered absolute, relative, or based on core principles but adaptive enough to take into account situations/exceptions that recognize the primacy of the principles but needs of individuals in unique situations that require flexibility in how or whether one applies the principle. Contrast this situation with how "late term abortions" have been portrayed and the opposition to it usually by Christians and know-nothing media figures who do not understand that the main point of the procedure is to save the life of the mother; for one view of this issue see: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jodi-jacobson/late-term-abortions-facts_b_210614.html -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=27577 or send a blank email to leave-27577-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
