The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Ethics and Morality

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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 in both children and adults, and how to motivate people to do the right thing despite weakness and temptation. The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Ethics and Morality offers 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.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-01-17
Mått249 x 170 x 38 mm
Vikt1 089 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieOxford Handbooks
Antal sidor540
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780199736065

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Contributors ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction - Elliot N. Dorff and Jonathan K. Crane ; I. Jewish Ethical Theories ; 1. Introduction: Why Study Jewish Ethics? - Elliot N. Dorff and Jonathan K. Crane ; 2. Ethical Theory and Practice in the Hebrew Bible - Elaine Goodfriend ; 3. Ethical Theories in Rabbinic Literature - Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert ; 4. Ethical Theories in Jewish Mystical Writings - Joseph Dan ; 5. Ethical Theories Among Medieval Jewish Rationalists - Warren Zev Harvey ; 6. Spinoza and Jewish Ethics - David Novak ; 7. Mussar Ethics and Other Nineteenth Century Jewish Ethical Theories - Ira Stone ; 8. Ethical Theories of Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig and Martin Buber - Jonathan K. Crane ; 9. Ethical Theories of Mordecai Kaplan and Abraham Joshua Heschel - Matthew LaGrone ; 10. Ethical Theories of Abraham Isaac Kook and Joseph B. Soloveitchik - Lawrence Kaplan ; 11. Ethical Implications of the Holocaust - Michael Berenbaum ; 12. Jewish Ethical Theories in the Reform Movement - Michael Marmur ; 13. Jewish Ethical Theories in the Conservative Movement - Shai Cherry ; 14. Jewish Ethical Theories in the Orthodox Movement - David Shatz ; 15. Jewish Ethical Theories in the Reconstructionist Movement - David Teutsch ; 16. Feminist Jewish Ethical Theories - Judith Plaskow ; 17. Post-Modern Jewish Ethical Theories - Martin Kavka ; II. Topics in Jewish Morals ; 18. Introduction - Elliot N. Dorff and Jonathan K. Crane ; 19. Bioethics: The Beginning of Life - Elliot N. Dorff ; 20. Bioethics: The End of Life - Daniel Sinclair ; 21. Bioethics: The Distribution of Health Care - Aaron Mackler ; 22. Bioethics: The New Genetics - Laurie Zoloth ; 23. Jewish Business Ethics - Barry Leff ; 24. Jewish Sexual Ethics - Danya Ruttenberg ; 25. Jewish Environmental Ethics - Arthur Waskow ; 26. Jewish Ethics of Speech - Alyssa Gray ; 27. Jewish Political Ethics: America - Jill Jacobs ; 28. Jewish Political Ethics: Israel - Reuven Hammer ; 29. Judaism and Criminal Justice - Laurie Levenson ; 30. Jewish Ethics of War - Asa Kasher ; 31. Jewish Ethics of Animals and Diet - Aaron Gross ; List of Abbreviations ; Name Index ; Subject Index

This book is an excellent addition to libraries at academic institutions; it offers specialists in subdisciplines of Jewish ethics accessible entry into the broader field and also provides a way for scholars of other ethical discourses or traditions to begin to engage with the field of Jewish ethics. Individuals or organizations engaging in interfaith work with Jewish partners are also likely to find the essays in this collection useful. The essays function as concise and generally clear introductions to a host of topics under the umbrella of Jewish ethics.