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Author : Shubert Spero
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0870687271
Author : Basil Herring
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0881250449
Author : Elliot N. Dorff,Jonathan K. Crane
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199397433
For thousands of years the Jewish tradition has been a source of moral guidance, for Jews and non-Jews alike. As the essays in this volume show, the theologians and practitioners of Judaism have a long history of wrestling with moral questions, responding to them in an open, argumentative mode that reveals the strengths and weaknesses of all sides of a question. The Jewish tradition also offers guidance for moral conduct by individuals, communities, and countries and shows how to motivate people to do the good and right thing. The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Ethics and Morality is a collection of original essays addressing these topics--historical and contemporary, as well as philosophical and practical--by leading scholars from around the world. The first section of the volume describes the history of the Jewish tradition's moral thought, from the Bible to contemporary Jewish approaches. The second part includes chapters on specific fields in ethics, including the ethics of medicine, business, sex, speech, politics, war, and the environment.
Author : Avi Sagi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783030822422
The relationship between morality and religion has long been controversial, familiar in its formulation as Euthyphro’s dilemma: Is an act right because God commanded it or did God command it because it is right. In Morality and Religion: The Jewish Story, renowned scholar Avi Sagi marshals the breadth of philosophical and hermeneutical tools to examine this relationship in Judaism from two perspectives. The first considers whether Judaism adopted a thesis widespread in other monotheistic religions known as 'divine command morality,' making morality contingent on God’s command. The second deals with the ways Jewish tradition grapples with conflicts between religious and moral obligations. After examining a broad spectrum of Jewish sources—including Talmudic literature, Halakhah, Aggadah, Jewish philosophy, and liturgy—Sagi concludes that mainstream Jewish tradition consistently refrains from attempts to endorse divine command morality or resolve conflicts by invoking a divine command. Rather, the central strand in Judaism perceives God and humans as inhabiting the same moral community and bound by the same moral obligations. When conflicts emerge between moral and religious instructions, Jewish tradition interprets religious norms so that they ultimately pass the moral test. This mainstream voice is anchored in the meaning of Jewish law, which is founded on human autonomy and rationality, and in the relationship with God that is assumed in this tradition.
Author : David R. Blumenthal
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999-04-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1589014251
People who helped exterminate Jews during the shoah (Hebrew for "holocaust") often claimed that they only did what was expected of them. Intrigued by hearing the same response from individuals who rescued Jews, David R. Blumenthal proposes that the notion of ordinariness used to characterize Nazi evil is equally applicable to goodness. In this provocative book, Blumenthal develops a new theory of human behavior that identifies the social and psychological factors that foster both good and evil behavior. Drawing on lessons primarily from the shoah but also from well-known obedience and altruism experiments, My Lai, and the civil rights movement, Blumenthal deftly interweaves insights from psychology, history, and social theory to create a new way of looking at human behavior. Blumenthal identifies the factors — social hierarchy, education, and childhood discipline — that shape both good and evil attitudes and actions. Considering how our religious and educational institutions might do a better job of encouraging goodness and discouraging evil, he then makes specific recommendations for cultivating goodness in people, stressing the importance of the social context of education. He reinforces his ideas through stories, teachings, and case histories from the Jewish tradition that convey important lessons in resistance and goodness. Appendices include the ethical code of the Israel Defense Forces, material on non-violence from the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center, a suggested syllabus for a Jewish elementary school, and a list of prosocial sources on the Web, as well as a complete bibliography. If people can commit acts of evil without thinking, why can’t even more commit acts of kindness? Writing with power and insight, Blumenthal shows readers of all faiths how we might replace patterns of evil with empathy, justice, and caring, and through a renewed attention to moral education, perhaps prevent future shoahs.
Author : Daniel Jeremy Silver
Publisher : [New York] : Ktav Publishing House
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015002863663
Collection of essays from the CCAR journal.
Author : Menachem Marc Kellner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0884829219
Author : Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307517876
A Code of Jewish Ethics, Volume 1: You Shall Be Holy is the initial volume of the first major code of Jewish ethics to be written in the English language. It is a monumental work on the vital topic of personal character and integrity by one of the premier Jewish scholars and thinkers of our time. With the stated purpose of restoring ethics to its central role in Judaism, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin offers hundreds of examples from the Torah, the Talmud, rabbinic commentaries, and contemporary stories to illustrate how ethical teachings can affect our daily behavior. The subjects dealt with are ones we all encounter. They include judging other people fairly; knowing when forgiveness is obligatory, optional, or forbidden; balancing humility and self-esteem; avoiding speech that shames others; restraining our impulses of envy, hatred, and revenge; valuing truth but knowing when lying is permitted; understanding why God is the ultimate basis of morality; and appreciating the great benefits of Torah study. Telushkin has arranged the book in the traditional style of Jewish codes, with topical chapters and numbered paragraphs. Statements of law are almost invariably followed by anecdotes illustrating how these principles have been, or can be, practiced in daily life. The book can be read straight through to provide a solid grounding in Jewish values, consulted as a reference when facing ethical dilemmas, or studied in a group. Vast in scope, this volume distills more than three thousand years of Jewish laws and suggestions on how to improve one’s character and become more honest, decent, and just. It is a landmark work of scholarship that is sure to influence the lives of Jews for generations to come, rich with questions to ponder and discuss, but primarily a book to live by.
Author : G. E. Gorman
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1986-08-18
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038120098
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Author : Elliot N. Dorff
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 9780827619166
Author : Rachel Adler
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 9781590451328
Author : J. David Bleich
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0881254746
Author : Norman Lamm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015001998536
Author : Michael Walzer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400827206
Jewish legal and political thought developed in conditions of exile, where Jews had neither a state of their own nor citizenship in any other. What use, then, can this body of thought be today to Jews living in Israel or as emancipated citizens in secular democratic states? Can a culture of exile be adapted to help Jews find ways of being at home politically today? These questions are central in Law, Politics, and Morality in Judaism, a collection of essays by contemporary political theorists, philosophers, and lawyers. How does Jewish law accommodate--or fail to accommodate--the practice of democratic citizenship? What range of religious toleration and pluralism is compatible with traditional Judaism? What forms of coexistence between Jews and non-Jews are required by shared citizenship? How should Jews operating within halakha (Jewish law) and Jewish history judge the use of force by modern states? The authors assembled here by prominent political theorist Michael Walzer come from different points on the religious-secular spectrum, and they differ greatly in their answers to such questions. But they all enact the relationship at issue since their answers, while based on critical Jewish texts, also reflect their commitments as democratic citizens. The contributors are Michael Walzer, David Biale, the late Robert M. Cover, Menachem Fisch, Geoffrey B. Levey, David Novak, Aviezer Ravitzky, Adam B. Seligman, Suzanne Last Stone, and Noam J. Zohar.
Author : No?am Zohar
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791432734
A dialogue between contemporary, Western moral philosophy and the tradition of Legal/Moral Descourse (Halakha).
