Love your neighbor and yourself : a Jewish approach to modern personal ethics
Annotation. Now in Paperback!A leading ethicist suggests ways to take the moral high road in one?s personal life. 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 or 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
Print Book, English, 2006
1st pbk. ed View all formats and editions
Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
xviii, 366 pages ; 23 cm
9780827608252, 082760825X
63675796
Judaism and ethics. Ethics versus morals ; The variety of ethical theories ; Jewish ethics ; Jewish morals ; Not in the heavens
Privacy. The internet and privacy ; The values and concepts motivating a concern for privacy ; Contrasting American and Jewish interests in privacy ; Intrusion ; Disclosure ; Proposals for protecting against intrusion and disclosure
"This is my beloved, this is my friend": sex and the family. Sexual relations: fundamental concepts and values ; Sex within marriage ; Nonmarital sex ; Homosexuality ; Making sex meaningful, joyful, and holy
Parents and children. Filial duties: the perspective of Jewish classical sources ; Caring for elderly parents in today's world ; Parental duties: applying Jewish classical sources to contemporary circumstances
Family violence. Types of abuse and their Jewish legal status ; Acknowledging family violence within our community ; Witnesses to the act or results of abuse ; The abused party: making one's way out of an abusive situation ; The abuser ; The role of rabbis, educators, and lay leaders ; Reconnecting with God's image within us
The elements of forgiveness. God's role in forgiveness: the guidance of the prayer book ; Obstacles to asking for forgiveness ; Obstacles to forgiving ; Factors promoting forgiveness ; Pardon, forgive, and reconcile ; The process of return (Teshuvah): becoming worthy of forgiveness
Hope and destiny. God ; Individuals and community ; Individual destiny ; Communal destiny
Appendix: The interaction of Judaism with morality: defining, motivating, and educating a moral person and society. Religious factors motivating immorality ; Judaism's contributions to morality: definition of moral norms, moral motivation, and moral education ; Study ; Law
Originally published: 2003