Love Your Neighbor and Yourself: A Jewish Approach to Modern Personal EthicsJewish Publication Society, 15 feb 2006 - 384 pagine In this topically relevant book on modern ethical issues, Dorff focuses on personal ethics, Judaism's distinctive way of understanding human nature, our role in life, and what we should strive to be, both as individuals and as members of a community. Dorff addresses specific moral issues that affect our personal lives: privacy, particularly at work as it is affected by the Internet and other modern technologies; sex in and outside of marriage; family matters, such as adoption, surrogate motherhood, stepfamilies, divorce, parenting, and family violence; homosexuality; justice, mercy, and forgiveness; and charitable acts and social action. |
Dall'interno del libro
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Pagina xiii
... become ever more worrisome in our time, as the Internet and other technological devices have invaded our space, both literally and figuratively, more pervasively than ever before. Big Brother is watching us in ways that George Orwell's ...
... become ever more worrisome in our time, as the Internet and other technological devices have invaded our space, both literally and figuratively, more pervasively than ever before. Big Brother is watching us in ways that George Orwell's ...
Pagina 9
... become universal law.”4 That is, act only in such a way that you would wish everyone else to act as you do. Putting it another way, act only in such a way that you would will your action to be generalized among all human beings. It is ...
... become universal law.”4 That is, act only in such a way that you would wish everyone else to act as you do. Putting it another way, act only in such a way that you would will your action to be generalized among all human beings. It is ...
Pagina 16
... become part of God. Modern Jewish thought adds yet further rationales such as, for example, Franz Rosenzweig's assertion that the commandments create a personal relationship between each of us as individuals and God.15 Even if we are ...
... become part of God. Modern Jewish thought adds yet further rationales such as, for example, Franz Rosenzweig's assertion that the commandments create a personal relationship between each of us as individuals and God.15 Even if we are ...
Pagina 24
... become the cause of sin.49 Thus, while the Rabbis considered it a privilege to be able to study Torah, they themselves—or at least most of them—earned their livelihood through bodily work, and they also valued the hard labor of the ...
... become the cause of sin.49 Thus, while the Rabbis considered it a privilege to be able to study Torah, they themselves—or at least most of them—earned their livelihood through bodily work, and they also valued the hard labor of the ...
Pagina 26
... become one flesh.”55 They do not “become one flesh” in the ontological way of becoming one being, never to be rent asunder through divorce; for divorce, while often sad, both is permissible, as Deuteronomy 24 makes clear, and is ...
... become one flesh.”55 They do not “become one flesh” in the ontological way of becoming one being, never to be rent asunder through divorce; for divorce, while often sad, both is permissible, as Deuteronomy 24 makes clear, and is ...
Sommario
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This Is My Beloved This Is My Friend Sex and the Family | 73 |
Parents and Children | 127 |
Family and Violence | 155 |
The Elements of Forgiveness | 207 |
Hope and Destiny | 231 |
Notes | 252 |
The Interaction of Judaism with Morality Defining Motivating and Educating a Moral Person and Society | 311 |
Notes to Appendix | 345 |
Bibliography of Cited Modern Sources | 347 |
Index | 361 |
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