The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Ethics and Morality (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Dorff, Elliot N.; Crane, Jonathan K.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Ethics and Morality offers a collection of original essays--historical and contemporary, as well as philosophical and practical--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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199397433
• Artikelnr.: 40513510

Autorenporträt

Elliot N. Dorff is Rector and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at American Jewish University, Visiting Professor at UCLA School of Law, Chair of the Conservative Movement's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, and a Past President of the Society of Jewish Ethics. Jonathan K. Crane is the Raymond F. Schinazi Junior Scholar in Bioethics and Jewish Thought at Emory University's Center for Ethics.

Inhaltsangabe

* Contributors
* Acknowledgments
* Introduction - Jonathan K. Crane and Elliot N. Dorff
* I. Jewish Ethical Theories
* 1. Introduction: Why Study Jewish Ethics? - Elliot N. Dorff and
Jonathan K. Crane
* 2. Ethical Theory and Practice in the Hebrew Bible - Elaine
Goodfriend
* 3. Ethical Theories in Rabbinic Literature - Charlotte Elisheva
Fonrobert
* 4. Ethical Theories in Jewish Mystical Writings - Joseph Dan
* 5. Ethical Theories Among Medieval Jewish Philosophers - Warren Zev
Harvey
* 6. Spinoza and Jewish Ethics - David Novak
* 7. Mussar Ethics and Other Nineteenth Century Jewish Ethical Theories
- Ira Stone
* 8. Ethical Theories of Hermann Cohen, Franz Rosenzweig and Martin
Buber - Jonathan K. Crane
* 9. Ethical Theories of Mordecai Kaplan and Abraham Joshua Heschel -
Matthew LaGrone
* 10. Ethical Theories of Abraham Isaac Kook and Joseph B. Soloveitchik
- Lawrence Kaplan
* 11. Ethical Implications of the Holocaust - Michael Berenbaum
* 12. Jewish Ethical Theories in the Reform Movement - Michael Marmur
* 13. Jewish Ethical Theories in the Conservative Movement - Shai
Cherry
* 14. Jewish Ethical Theories in the Orthodox Movement - David Shatz
* 15. Jewish Ethical Theories in the Reconstructionist Movement -
David Teutsch
* 16. Feminist Jewish Ethical Theories - Judith Plaskow
* 17. Postmodern Jewish Ethical Theories - Martin Kavka
* II. Topics in Jewish Morals
* 18. Introduction - Elliot N. Dorff and Jonathan K. Crane
* 19. Bioethics: The Beginning of Life - Elliot N. Dorff
* 20. Bioethics: The End of Life - Daniel Sinclair
* 21. Bioethics: The Distribution of Health Care - Aaron Mackler
* 22. Bioethics: Current and Future Issues in Genetics - Laurie Zoloth
* 23. Jewish Business Ethics - Barry Leff
* 24. Jewish Sexual Ethics - Danya Ruttenberg
* 25. Jewish Environmental Ethics - Arthur Waskow
* 26. Jewish Animal Ethics - Aaron Gross
* 27. Jewish Ethics of Speech - Alyssa Gray
* 28. Jewish Political Ethics in America - Jill Jacobs
* 29. Jewish Political Ethics in Israel - Reuven Hammer
* 30. Judaism and Criminal Justice - Laurie Levenson
* 31. Jewish Ethics and War - Asa Kasher
* List of Abbreviations
* Biblical, Rabbinic, and Medieval Sources Index
* Subject Index