On Liberty

• Part 1 Judaism and the liberal state: on liberty reconsidered; Judaism and the liberal state; particularism, pluralism and liberty; the communitarian-liberalism debate in Jewish perspective; can Judaism incorporate human rights, democracy and personal autonomy?; democracy and Judaism - the current debate. Part 2 Liberty and authority in Jewish political thought: is there a concept of political liberty in medieval Jewish philosophy?; liberty, authority and the consent in Judaism - a Maimonidean reconstruction of the biblical text; political liberty - the rhetoric of the responsa.

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