""Jewish Ethics: The Basics" demonstrates how cutting-edge and ancient ideas have shaped and reshaped Jewish traditions about how to act toward others. Readers are introduced to foundational questions, controversies, and diverse ethical conclusions developed by Jewish thinkers throughout the ages. Topics addressed include: Assumptions about authority - Love, Compassion, Justice and Humility - Human Rights, War, Land and Power - Gender and Sexuality - Personal and Social Ethics - Environmental and Animal Ethics - Bioethical Issues Concise, readable and engaging, this is the ideal introduction for anyone interested in religious ethics, secular traditions, Judaism, and the field of Jewish ethics"--
Jewish Ethics: The Basics demonstrates how ancient and contemporary ideas have shaped and reshaped Jewish traditions about how to act toward others. Concise, readable and engaging, this is the ideal introduction for anyone interested in religious ethics, secular traditions, Judaism, and the field of Jewish ethics.
Jewish Ethics: The Basics demonstrates how ancient and contemporary ideas have shaped and reshaped Jewish traditions about how to act toward others. Readers are introduced to foundational questions, controversies, and diverse ethical conclusions developed by Jewish thinkers throughout the ages. Topics addressed include:
Assumptions about authority
Love, Compassion, Justice and Humility
Human Rights, War, Land and Power
Gender and Sexuality
Personal and Social Ethics
Environmental and Animal Ethics
Bioethical Issues
Concise, readable and engaging, this is the ideal introduction for anyone interested in religious ethics, secular traditions, Judaism, and the field of Jewish ethics.
