Contemporary Jewish ethics and morality : a reader
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Contemporary Jewish ethics and morality : a reader
Oxford University Press, 1995
- : pbk
Available at / 8 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
-
ISBN 9780195090659
Description
Dorff and Newman collect the best of recent work in Jewish ethics. The volume will serve as an introduction to Jewish ethics by acquainting the reader with the distinctive methodological issues involved, and will also suffer a sampling of Jewish positions on contemporary moral problems; it will thus be suited to a variety of courses in Jewish Studies.
- Volume
-
: pbk ISBN 9780195090666
Description
Dorff and Newman collect the best of recent work in Jewish ethics. The volume will serve as an introduction to Jewish ethics by acquainting the reader with the distinctive methodological issues involved, and will also suffer a sampling of Jewish positions on contemporary moral problems; it will thus be suited to a variety of courses in Jewish Studies.
Table of Contents
Editors' Introduction
I. JEWISH ETHICS
A. The Literature and Context of Jewish Ethics:
1. Menachem Kellner, "The Structure of Jewish Ethics":
B. Theoretical Issues in Jewish Ethics:
1. Louis Newman, "Ethics as Law, Law as Religion". 2. David Novak, "Natural Law, Halakah, and the Covenant". 3. Harold Schluweid, "The Single Mirror of Jewish Images". 4. Elliot Dorff, "Covenant: The Transcendent Thrust in Jewish Law":
C. Reconceptualizing Jewish Ethics in Modern Times:
1. S. Daniel Breslauer, "Modernizing American Jewish Ethics: The Liberal Dilemma". 2. Eugene Borowitz, "The Jewish Self". 3. Richard J. Israel, "Jewish Tradition and Political Action":
D. Methodological Problems: The Case of Jewish Medical Ethics:
1. David Elleson, "How to Draw Guidance from a Heritage: Moral Choices". 2. Louis Newman, "Woodchoppers and Respirators: The Problem of Interpretation". 3. Elliot Dorff, " A Methodology for Jewish Medical Ethics". 4. Aaron Mackler, "Cases and Principles in Jewish Bioethics":
E. Alternative Visions of Jewish Ethics:
1. Michael Morgan, "Jewish Ethics After the Holocaust". 2. Laurie Zolof-Dorfman, "An Ethics of Encounter: Public Choices and Private Acts". 3. Annette Aronowicz, "Emmanuel Levinas' Talmudic Commentaries":
II: Jewish Morality
Introduction
A. Traditional Jewish Virtues and Values:
1. Alfred Jospe, "The Meaning of Jewish Existence". 2. Sol Roth, "Towards a Definition of Humility":
B. Jewish Perspectives on Sex and Family:
1. David Novak, "Some Aspects of Sex, Society and God in Judaism". 2. Arthur Waskow, "Down-to-Earth Judiasm: Sexuality". 3. Martha Ackelsberg, "Jewish Family Ethics in Post-Halakhic Age". 4. Blu Greenberg, "The Theoretical Basis of Women's Equality in Judaism":
C. Jewish Perspectives on Social Problems:
1. Robert Gordis, "Ecology and the Judaic Tradition". 2. Seymour Siegel, "A Jewish View of Economic Justice". 3. Elie Spitz, "Jewish Tradition and Capital Punishment":
D. Jewish Perspectives on Medical Ethics:
1. Fred Rosner, "Euthanasia". 2. Byron Sherwin, "Euthanasia: A Jewish View". 3. David Feldman, "This Matter of Abortion". 4. Sandra Lubarsky, "Judaism and the Justification of Abortion for Non-Medical Reasons".:
E. Jewish Perspectives on Politics and Power: The State of Israel:
1. Irving Greenberg, "The Ethics Of Jewish Power". 2. Judith Plaskow, "Feminist Reflections on the State of Israel". 3. David Hartman, "Living with Conflicting Values". 4. Einat Ramon, "The Ethics of Ruling a Jewish State with a Large Non-Jewish Minority":
Epilogue: The Future of Jewish Ethics and Morals
by "Nielsen BookData"