TALKING ETHICS WITH STRANGERS - A VIEW FROM JEWISH TRADITION

The work of H. Tristram Engelhardt provides an important set of reflec tions for bioethics in a secular context. Taking Engelhardt's work as its point of departure this article explores the challenges that Jewis h ethicists face in contributing to bioethics in a secular context. Th e article explores how the Jewish tradition can address issues in bioe thics in ways that are true to its tradition and at the same time acce ssible and relevant to ''moral strangers'' in a secular society.