Title Past imperatives : studies in the history and theory of Jewish ethics / Louis E. Newman

Published Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 283 pages) Series SUNY Series in Jewish Philosophy SUNY series in Jewish philosophy Contents Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Ethics: Applied and Theoretical, Prescriptive and Descriptive -- The Modern Study of Jewish Ethics -- Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish Ethics -- Content -- Part One: Ethics and Law -- Law, Virtue, and Supererogation in the Halakha -- The Problem of Lifnim Mishurat Hadin Reconsidered -- Talmudic Sources -- The Status of Lifnim Mishurat Hadin Interpreting Lifnim Mishurat Radin: A Fresh PerspectiveEthics as Law, Law as Religion -- Reflections on the Problem of Law and Ethics in Judaism -- The Evidence -- The Parameters of the Debate -- Reframing the Issues -- Law and Ethics in the Context of Judaism as a Religious System -- Covenant and Contract -- A Framework for the Analysis of Jewish Ethics -- The Centrality of Covenant -- Covenant and Contract: A Typology of Relationships -- Covenant Theologies and Jewish Ethics -- Conclusions -- Part Two: Ethics and Theology -- The Quality of Mercy On the Duty to Forgive in the Judaic TraditionA Philosophical Model of Forgiveness -- Judaic Sources on Forgiveness -- The Theological Foundation of the Duty to Forgive -- Jewish Theology and Bioethics -- The Character of Traditional Jewish Ethics -- Some Principles of Jewish Biomedical Ethics -- Jewish Medical Ethics in a Wider Context -- Nature and Torah, Creation and Revelation -- On the Possibility of a Natural Law in Judaism -- Natural Law: Issues of Definition -- Natural Law in Judaism: Redefining the Question, Reexamining the Texts Nature and Torah, Creation and RevelationReligious Faith, Historical Relativism, and the Prospects for Modern Jewish Ethics -- Revelation, Historicism, and the Search for Moral Norms -- God's Presence in History: Reconstructing Jewish Theology -- Jewish Theology, Covenant, and Ethics -- Part Three: Methodological Issues in Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- Woodchoppers and Respirators -- The Problem of Interpretation in Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- Interpretation in Contemporary Jewish Ethics: Description and Analysis -- The Interpretation of Texts in a Legal Tradition Contemporary Jewish Ethics-A ReassessmentText and Tradition in Contemporary Jewish Bioethics -- Jewish Ethics in the Modern World -- Models in Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- The Hermeneutics of Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- The Concept of Tradition in Contemporary Jewish Ethics -- Talking Ethics with Strangers -- A View from Jewish Tradition -- The Nature of Secular Bioethics -- How Judaism Can Contribute to Secular Bioethics -- Englehardt and Secular Bioethics Revisited -- Conclusion -- New Directions in the Study ofthe Ethics of Judaism Analysis Several of the chapters in this book were originally published as journal articles between 1987 and 1993 "Multi-User" Notes OldControl:muse9781438414645 Several of the chapters in this book were originally published as journal articles between 1987 and 1993 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-278) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Bioethics. Judaism -- Doctrines. Jewish law -- Philosophy Jewish ethics -- Philosophy RELIGION -- Judaism -- Theology. Bioethics Jewish law -- Philosophy Judaism -- Doctrines Form Electronic book LC no. 97038798 ISBN 9781438414645 1438414641 9780791438688 0791438686

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