Contemporary Jewish Ethics and Morality: A Reader
Over the past decade much significant new work has appeared in the field of Jewish ethics. While much of this work has been devoted to issues in applied ethics, a number of important essays have explored central themes within the tradition and clarified the theoretical foundations of Jewish ethics. This important text grew out of the need for a single work which accurately and conveniently reflects these developments within the field.\ The first text of its kind in almost two decades,...
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Over the past decade much significant new work has appeared in the field of Jewish ethics. While much of this work has been devoted to issues in applied ethics, a number of important essays have explored central themes within the tradition and clarified the theoretical foundations of Jewish ethics. This important text grew out of the need for a single work which accurately and conveniently reflects these developments within the field.The first text of its kind in almost two decades, Contemporary Jewish Ethics and Morality presents wide-ranging and carefully organized recent essays on Jewish ethical theory and practice. Serving as an introduction to Jewish ethics, it acquaints the student with the distinctive methodological issues involved and offers a sampling of Jewish positions on contemporary moral problems. The book features work from both traditionalist and liberal contributors, making this the only volume which encompasses the full range of contemporary Jewish ethical perspectives. Writers such as Harold Schulweis, Judith Plaskow, David Novak, David Hartman, and Blu Greenberg discuss law and ethics, natural law, humility, justice, sex and the family, euthanasia, and other vital issues relating to modern Judaism. Many of the readings appear here for the first time, making this important text the most timely sourcebook in its field. Uniquely qualified to reflect the high level and depth of contemporary work in this area of study, Contemporary Jewish Ethics and Morality is an essential contribution to any course dealing with Jewish ethics.
Introduction3The Literature and Context of Jewish Ethics121The Structure of Jewish Ethics12Theoretical Issues in Traditional Jewish Ethics252Judaism: From Either/Or to Both/And253Natural Law, Halakhah, and the Covenant384The Covenant: The Transcendent Thrust in Jewish Law595Ethics as Law, Law as Religion: Reflections on the Problem of Law and Ethics in Judaism79Reconceptualizing Jewish Ethics in Modern Times946Modernizing American Jewish Ethics: The Liberal Dilemma947The Jewish Self1068Jewish Tradition and Political Action118Methodological Problems: The Case of Jewish Medical Ethics1299How to Draw Guidance from a Heritage: Jewish Approaches to Mortal Choices12910Woodchoppers and Respirators: The Problem of Interpretation in Contemporary Jewish Ethics14011A Methodology for Jewish Medical Ethics16112Cases and Principles in Jewish Bioethics: Toward a Holistic Model177Alternative Visions of Jewish Ethics19413Jewish Ethics after the Holocaust19414Emmanuel Levinas's Talmudic Commentaries: The Relation of the Jewish Tradition to the Non-Jewish World21215An Ethics of Encounter: Public Choices and Private Acts219Traditional Jewish Values and Virtues24916The Meaning of Jewish Existence25917Toward a Definition of Humility284Jewish Perspectives on Sex and Family27118Some Aspects of Sex, Society, and God in Judaism27119Down-to-Earth Judaism: Sexuality28920Jewish Family Ethics in a Post-halakhic Age30021The Theoretical Basis of Women's Equality in Judaism315Jewish Perspectives on Social Problems32722Ecology and the Judaic Tradition32723A Jewish View of Economic Justice33624The Jewish Tradition and Capital Punishment344Jewish Perspectives on Medical Ethics35025Euthanasia35026A View of Euthanasia36327This Matter of Abortion38228Judaism and the Justification of Abortion for Nonmedical Reasons392Jewish Perspectives on Politics and Power: The State of Israel40329The Ethics of Jewish Power40330Israel: Toward a New Concept of Community42231Living with Conflicting Values43232The Ethics of Ruling a Jewish State with a Large Non-Jewish Minority441Epilogue: The Future of Jewish Ethics and Morals455Contributors463Suggestions for Further Reading467
