Contemporary Jewish Ethics and Morality
Author: Elliot N. Dorff
Publisher: Psychology; 2
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780195090666
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Author: Elliot N. Dorff
Publisher: Psychology; 2
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780195090666
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Bibliography: p.467-468.
Author: Elliot N. Dorff
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016-01-23
Total Pages: 539
ISBN-13: 0190608382
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Elliot N. Dorff
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-12-21
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 0199397430
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Menachem Marc Kellner
Publisher:
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 462
ISBN-13: 9780884829218
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Byron L. Sherwin
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2000-03-01
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780815606246
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this highly provocative and informed work, Byron L. Sherwin, one of the leading Jewish ethicists of our time, demonstrates how the wisdom of the past—found in classical texts that form Jewish religious tradition—can forcefully address the moral perplexities of the present. In setting out a contemporary agenda for Jewish ethics, Sherwin debunks common misconceptions about Jewish ethics and distinguishes between the ethics of Judaism and various forms of secular and religious ethics. He shows, for example, how the ethics of Judaism and the ethics of Jews often are at odds, how the Judeo-Christian ethic is an obsolete myth, and how Jewish and G:hristian ethics radically differ both in terms of their theological assumptions and in their applied methodologies. Sherwin delineates a methodology for Jewish ethics, which he applies to a wide variety of issues such as health and healing, euthanasia, reproductive biotechnology, cloning, parent-child relationships, economic justice, repentance or "moral rehabilitation," and the relationship between humans and machines. Drawing on a wide range of biblical, rabbinical, Jewish philosophical and kabbalistic sources, Jewish Ethics for the Twenty-First Century links the biblical term "image of God" to moral freedom, human creativity and the challenge of becoming God's "partner in creation" and a coauthor of the Torah.
Author:
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Published:
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780827610224
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book discusses modern medical ethical dilemas from a specifically conservative Jewish point of view. The author includes issues such as artifical insemination, genetic engineering, cloning, surrogate motherhood, and birth control, as well as living wills, hospice care, euthanasia, organ donation, and autopsy.
Author: Nachum Amsel
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 534
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a book about contemprorary issues, each of which is addressed from an Orthodox Jewish perspective in two to three pages.
Author: Dr. Byron L. Sherwin
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Published: 2015-07-20
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 1580238351
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With insightful commentary, passion and expertise, Rabbis Sherwin and Cohen guide us through selections from classic Jewish ethical literature, offering clear explanations of the historic context of each writing and thoughtful applications of their wisdom on the problems we grapple with today.
Author: Elliot N. Dorff
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2024-03
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0827619170
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ethics at the Center culls the best of Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff’s pioneering thinking in Jewish ethics over nearly five decades. Dorff shows that our response to moral issues depends ultimately on our conceptions of the nature of human beings and God; how Jewish law, theology, prayer, history, and community should also define and motivate Jewish responses to moral issues; and how the honorable and divergent stances of Western philosophy and other religions about moral living shed light on Judaism’s distinctive standpoints. From there Dorff applies Judaism’s ethics to real life: abortion post–Roe v. Wade, sexual orientation and human dignity, avoiding harm in communication, playing violent or defamatory video games, modern war ethics, handling donations of ill-gotten gain after the fact. In conclusion he explores how Jewish family and community, holidays and rituals, theology, study, and law have moral import as well. Dorff’s personal introduction to each chapter reflects on why and when he wrote its contents, its continuing relevance, and if—and if so, how—he would now change what he wrote earlier. Readers will experience not only his evolving ethical thought but many facets of the person and the Jew that Dorff is today.
Author: Seth M. Limmer
Publisher: CCAR Press
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 0881233196
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This foundational new book reminds us of our ancient obligation to bring justice to the world. The essays in this collection explore the spiritual underpinnings of our Jewish commitment to justice, using Jewish text and tradition, as well as contemporary sources and models. Among the topics covered are women's health, LGBTQ rights, healthcare, racial justice, speaking truth to power, and community organizing.