Critique of Halakhic Reason challenges prevalent ways of thinking about religion by revealing how religious traditions and communities reason about their practices. It examines the reasoning operative in the justification and jurisprudence of the Jewish commandments through fresh studies of twentieth century Jewish thinkers. It then constructs a novel account of the relation between Jewish thought and law in view of contemporary moral philosophy and legal theory. It then develops its consequences for theology, the study and philosophy of religion, as well as for moral, legal, and political philosophy.…mehr
Critique of Halakhic Reason challenges prevalent ways of thinking about religion by revealing how religious traditions and communities reason about their practices. It examines the reasoning operative in the justification and jurisprudence of the Jewish commandments through fresh studies of twentieth century Jewish thinkers. It then constructs a novel account of the relation between Jewish thought and law in view of contemporary moral philosophy and legal theory. It then develops its consequences for theology, the study and philosophy of religion, as well as for moral, legal, and political philosophy.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Yonatan Y. Brafman is Assistant Professor of Modern Judaism in the Department of Religion and Program in Judaic Studies at Tufts University. He is a scholar of Jewish thought and a philosopher of religion whose work focuses on Jewish law in the context of contemporary moral, legal, and political philosophy. He has held fellowships at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, New York University Law School, and Cardozo School of Law. He holds a PhD in Philosophy of Religion and Jewish Thought from Columbia University.
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Acknowledgements Introduction Part I. Philosophy of Halakhah and the Dialectic of Normativity Chapter 1. Normative World: Joseph Soloveitchik's Axiological Realism Chapter 2. Normative Self: Yeshayahu Leibowitz's Axiological Voluntarism Chapter 3. Normative God: Eliezer Berkovits's Divine Command Theory Part II. Normativity and the Analytic of the Commandments Chapter 4. Reasons Rehabilitated: A Constructivist Theory Chapter 5. Two Conceptions of Authority: Instrumental and Relational Chapter 6. Analytic of the Commandments Conclusion Bibliography
Acknowledgements Introduction Part I. Philosophy of Halakhah and the Dialectic of Normativity Chapter 1. Normative World: Joseph Soloveitchik's Axiological Realism Chapter 2. Normative Self: Yeshayahu Leibowitz's Axiological Voluntarism Chapter 3. Normative God: Eliezer Berkovits's Divine Command Theory Part II. Normativity and the Analytic of the Commandments Chapter 4. Reasons Rehabilitated: A Constructivist Theory Chapter 5. Two Conceptions of Authority: Instrumental and Relational Chapter 6. Analytic of the Commandments Conclusion Bibliography
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