Jewish Ethics for the Twenty-First Century: Living in the Image of God (Library of Jewish Philosophy)
(Part of the Library of Jewish Philosophy Series)
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In this highly provocative and informed work, Byron L. Sherwin, one of the leading Jewish ethicists of our time, demonstrates how the wisdom of the past--found in classical texts that form Jewish religious tradition--can forcefully address the moral perplexities of the present.
In setting out a contemporary agenda for Jewish ethics, Sherwin debunks common misconceptions about Jewish ethics and distinguishes between the ethics of Judaism and various forms of secular and religious ethics. He shows, for example, how the ethics of Judaism and the ethics of Jews often are at odds, how the Judeo-Christian ethic is an obsolete myth, and how Jewish and G: hristian ethics radically differ both in terms of their theologicalassumptions and in their applied methodologies. Sherwin delineates a methodology for Jewish ethics, which he applies to a wide variety of issues such as health and healing, euthanasia, reproductive biotechnology, cloning, parent-child relationships, economic justice, repentance or "moral rehabilitation," and the relationship between humans and machines. Drawing on a wide range of biblical, rabbinical, Jewish philosophical and kabbalistic sources, Jewish Ethics for the Twenty-First Century links the biblical term "image of God" to moral freedom, human creativity and the challenge of becoming God's "partner in creation" and a coauthor of the Torah.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0815606249
ISBN13:9780815606246
Release Date:March 2000
Publisher:Syracuse University Press
Length:232 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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