Jewish Ethics as Dialogue: Using Spiritual Language to Re-Imagine a Better World
This book argues that Jewish values are not fixed propositions embedded in written form that can be easily handed off from one generation to the next. Rather, they are necessarily the product of contemporary Jewish minds. Moses L. Pava provides a model for the appropriate use of religious and spiritual values in one's personal and organizational lives, emphasizing respect for individual autonomy, pluralism, and democracy, and a deep regard for other moral traditions. Although written from...
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This book argues that Jewish values are not fixed propositions embedded in written form that can be easily handed off from one generation to the next. Jewish values are necessarily the product of contemporary Jewish minds.
Preface ixPart I Jewish Ethics as Dialogue1 The Case for Dialogue 32 Increasing Moral Capital through Moral Imagination 193 The Art of Ethical Dialogue 35Part II Spirituality and Dialogue in the Contemporary World4 Intelligent Spirituality in Business 595 Spirituality in (and out) of the Classroom 916 Listening to the Anxious Atheists 107Part III Applications of Jewish Ethics as Dialogue7 Beyond the Flat World Metaphor 1378 Dialogue as a Restraint on Wealth 1479 The Limits of Dialogue 155Appendix: An Invitation to Dialogue 167Notes 181Bibliography 183Index 189
