For thousands of years the Jewish tradition has been a source of moral guidance, for Jews and non-Jews alike. As the essays in this volume show, the theologians and practitioners of Judaism have a long history of wrestling with moral questions, responding to them in an open, argumentative mode that reveals the strengths and weaknesses of all sides of a question. The Jewish tradition also offers guidance for moral conduct by individuals, communities, and countries and shows how to motivate people to do the good and right thing.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 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