| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 514 pages) |
| Series |
[Oxford handbooks] |
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Oxford handbooks.
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| Contents |
Introduction : why study Jewish ethics? / Elliot N. Dorff and Jonathan K. Crane -- Part I. Jewish ethical theories -- ch. 1. Ethical theory and practice in the hebrew Bible / Elaine Adler Goodfriend -- ch. 2. Ethical theories in Jewish mystical writings / Jospeh Dan -- ch. 4. Ethical theories among medieval Jewish philosophers / Warren Zev harvey -- ch. 5. Spinoza and Jewish ethics / David Novak -- ch. 6. Mussar ethics and other nineteenth-century Jewish ethical theories / Ira F. Stone -- ch. 7. Ethical theories of Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig, and Martin Buber / Jonathan K. Crane -- ch. 8. Ethical theories of Mordecai Kaplan and Abraham Joshua Heschel / Matthew LaGrone -- ch. 9. Ethical theories of Abraham Isaac Kook and Joseph B. Soloveitchik / Lawrence Kaplan -- ch. 10. Ethical implications of the Holocaust / Micahel Berenbaum -- ch. 11. Ethical theories in the reform movement / Micahel Marmur -- ch. 12. Ethical theories in the conservative movement / Shai Cherry -- ch. 13. Ethical theories in the orthodox movement / David Shatz -- ch. 14. Ethical theories in the reconstructionist movement / David A. Teutsch -- ch. 15. Feminist Jewish ethical theories / Judith Plaskow -- ch. 16. Postmodern Jewish ethical theories / Martin Kavka -- Part II. Topics in Jewish morals -- ch. 17. jewish bioethics : the beginning of life / Elliot N. Dorff -- ch. 18. Jewish bioethics : the end of life / Daniel B. Sinclair -- ch. 19. Jewish bioethics : the distribution of health care / Aaron L. Mackler -- ch. 20. Jewish bioethics : current and future issues in genetics / Laurie Zoloth -- ch. 21. Jewish business ethics / Barry J. Leff -- ch. 22. Jewish sexual ethics / Danya Ruttenberg -- ch. 23. Jewish environmental ethics : intertwining Adam with adamah / Arthur Waskow -- ch. 24. Jewish animal ethics / Aaron S. Gross -- ch. 25. Jewish ethics of speech / Alyssa M. Gray -- ch. 26. Jewish political ethics in America / Jill Jacobs -- ch. 27. Jewish political ethics in Israel / Reuven Hammer -- ch. 28. Judaism and criminal justice / Laurie L. Levenson -- ch. 29. Jewish ethics and war / Asa Kasher |
| Summary |
This text offers a collection of original essays 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Jewish ethics.
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Jewish ethics.
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Judentum
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Ethik
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Jüdische Philosophie
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Ethiek.
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Jodendom.
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| Genre/Form |
Handboeken (vorm)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dorff, Elliot N., editor.
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Crane, Jonathan K. (Jonathan Kadane), editor.
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| LC no. |
2012011555 |
| ISBN |
0199971390 |
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9780199971398 |
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