Love Your Neighbor and Yourself: A Jewish Approach to Modern Personal EthicsIn 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 xi
And now, with this book, I explore the import of the Jewish tradition for matters of personal behavior. I only hope that readers of these books will find our collaboration as productive and happy as we have!
And now, with this book, I explore the import of the Jewish tradition for matters of personal behavior. I only hope that readers of these books will find our collaboration as productive and happy as we have!
Pagina xii
This is so ingrained in us that we Jews find it hard to imagine that most other religious traditions expect adherents to be ... In many cases, though, Jewish questioning does not rise to the level of making the tradition incoherent, ...
This is so ingrained in us that we Jews find it hard to imagine that most other religious traditions expect adherents to be ... In many cases, though, Jewish questioning does not rise to the level of making the tradition incoherent, ...
Pagina xiii
and by arguing against alternative readings of the tradition when they are common (“The best defense is a good offense”). Thus, although my presentation of Judaism's personal ethics in these pages is definitely not the only possible way ...
and by arguing against alternative readings of the tradition when they are common (“The best defense is a good offense”). Thus, although my presentation of Judaism's personal ethics in these pages is definitely not the only possible way ...
Pagina xiv
... my own reading of the tradition. This point is especially important in the sections on sex outside of marriage and on homosexuality, where I take a somewhat different approach from the one officially adopted by the commission.
... my own reading of the tradition. This point is especially important in the sections on sex outside of marriage and on homosexuality, where I take a somewhat different approach from the one officially adopted by the commission.
Pagina xv
Unlike many forms of Christianity, the Jewish tradition does not assume that we are automatically and immediately forgiven whenever we do something wrong. On the contrary, as Judaism presents it, forgiveness must be earned.
Unlike many forms of Christianity, the Jewish tradition does not assume that we are automatically and immediately forgiven whenever we do something wrong. On the contrary, as Judaism presents it, forgiveness must be earned.
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Sommario
| 1 | |
| 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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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Love Your Neighbor and Yourself: A Jewish Approach to Modern Personal Ethics |
| Autore | Elliot N. Dorff |
| Edizione | ristampa |
| Editore | Jewish Publication Society, 2006 |
| ISBN | 082760825X, 9780827608252 |
| Lunghezza | 384 pagine |
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