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. |
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Pagina xiii
... possible way of understanding Judaism's import for individuals in modern times, I provide a serious, deeply Jewish, and, I hope, wise application of the Jewish tradition to these matters. The first chapter in this book, then, describes ...
... possible way of understanding Judaism's import for individuals in modern times, I provide a serious, deeply Jewish, and, I hope, wise application of the Jewish tradition to these matters. The first chapter in this book, then, describes ...
Pagina 1
... possible. Nevertheless, some readers may prefer to skip the part of this chapter where I describe the most prominent theories of ethics to show how Jewish ethics fits among them. Readers who do this should read the next brief section ...
... possible. Nevertheless, some readers may prefer to skip the part of this chapter where I describe the most prominent theories of ethics to show how Jewish ethics fits among them. Readers who do this should read the next brief section ...
Pagina 2
... possible answers: The act designated as good provides the most happiness for the greatest number of people; it fits the requirements of conscience; it follows from some previously justified principles or decisions; it obeys an authority ...
... possible answers: The act designated as good provides the most happiness for the greatest number of people; it fits the requirements of conscience; it follows from some previously justified principles or decisions; it obeys an authority ...
Pagina 16
... possible about the relevant factors in the case and about the Jewish sources that apply, but ultimately individual Jews, rather than rabbis, should determine what God wants of us on the basis of their knowledge and conscience. This ...
... possible about the relevant factors in the case and about the Jewish sources that apply, but ultimately individual Jews, rather than rabbis, should determine what God wants of us on the basis of their knowledge and conscience. This ...
Pagina 17
... possible, for God has proclaimed these moral norms through the Written Torah (the Five Books of Moses) and the Oral Torah that, Orthodox Jews believe, was given to Moses at Mount Sinai simultaneously with the Written Torah. For those ...
... possible, for God has proclaimed these moral norms through the Written Torah (the Five Books of Moses) and the Oral Torah that, Orthodox Jews believe, was given to Moses at Mount Sinai simultaneously with the Written Torah. For those ...
Sommario
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33 | |
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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Love Your Neighbor and Yourself: A Jewish Approach to Modern Personal Ethics Elliot N. Dorff Anteprima limitata - 2003 |
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