| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 207 pages) |
| Series |
Philosophical ideas in debate |
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Philosophical ideas in debate.
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| Contents |
Chapter INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 Divine Command Theory and The Shared Moral Universe of God and Humanity: the analytical framework of the project -- chapter 2 ANALYTIC DISCUSSION OF POSITIONS ON DCT AND SMU IN PHILOSOPHY AND CONTEMPORARY JEWISH THOUGHT -- chapter 3 BIBLICAL TEXTS -- chapter 4 SMU: RABBINIC TEXTS AND CONCEPTS AND POST-TALMUDIC RABBINIC THOUGHT -- chapter 5 DIVINE COMMAND THEORY IN THE TEXTS OF JEWISH TRADITION -- chapter 6 THE AKEDAH -- Genesis 22 and DCT/SMU -- chapter 7 DCT/SMU AND THE COMMANDMENT TO WIPE OUT AMALEK |
| Summary |
The central aim of this book is to attempt to determine the response of the classic texts of Jewish traditions to the famous dilemma posed in Plato's Euthyphro: Does God freely determine morality, or is morality independent of God?The author argues that the picture that emerges from Jewish texts is significantly more complex and nuanced than most of the contemporary Jewish philosophical literature is prepared to concede. While providing an extensive discussion of the perspective of Jewish tradition on divine command ethics, this book develops a position that is distinct |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-204) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Religious ethics.
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Christian ethics.
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Jewish ethics.
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religious ethics.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Theology.
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Christian ethics
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Jewish ethics
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Religious ethics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2002042570 |
| ISBN |
0203633938 |
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9780203633939 |
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9786610072842 |
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6610072841 |
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9780415297691 |
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0415297699 |
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1134430264 |
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9781134430260 |
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1138869767 |
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9781138869769 |
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1280072849 |
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9781280072840 |
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