To Do the Right and the Good: A Jewish Approach to Modern Social EthicsJewish Publication Society, 2004 - 303 من الصفحات Elliot Dorff explores the Jewish perspective of social justice in relation to topics such as poverty, war, intrafaith and interfaith relations, family and privacy. He also covers Jewish social ethics as they both relate to and contrast with today's Christian and American belief systems. Dorff, a respected leader in the field of Jewish ethics, argues that Jewish sources, when properly placed within the framework of modern-day realities, can provide guidance for Jews looking to "do the right and the good" in their daily lives. These writings help many Jews understand the foundations and directions of their own social responsibility. |
المحتوى
| 1 | |
| 3 | |
| 5 | |
The Christian Concept | 12 |
The American Secular Concept | 13 |
The Nature of the Community | 16 |
Judaism and Secular America | 17 |
The Goals of Human Existence | 26 |
Jewish Value Concepts Relevant to Concern for the Poor | 128 |
Saving or Guarding Human Life | 130 |
Community | 131 |
Compassion | 133 |
Gods Commandment | 134 |
Acknowledgment of Gods Dominion over the Earth and Humanity | 135 |
The Dignity of Being Gods Creature | 136 |
Membership in Gods Covenanted Community | 137 |
The Fundamental Concepts As Articulated in the Central Stones | 32 |
Pluralism within the Jewish Community | 36 |
Rabbinic Approaches to Diversity | 37 |
Rabbinic Endorsements of Pluralism | 38 |
Rabbinic Limitations on Pluralism | 42 |
Rabbinic Modes of Accommodation in Practice | 43 |
Modern Approaches to Diversity | 44 |
Modern Orthodox Rejectionism | 45 |
Covenant of Fate Covenant of Destiny | 48 |
A Pedagogic Covenant | 49 |
Embracing Diversity | 50 |
Identifying Shared Convictions | 51 |
God Wants Pluralism | 52 |
Historical Epistemological and Theological Grounds for Pluralism | 53 |
The Need for Unity with Diversity | 60 |
A People Apart A Jewish Theology of Jewish Relations to Other Peoples | 61 |
Idolaters and Monotheists | 66 |
Nationalism and Universalism in the Traditional Concept of the Covenant | 68 |
Historical Epistemological and Theological Groundwork for Jews Relations to Other Religions | 73 |
Historical Groundwork | 74 |
Epistemological Groundwork | 77 |
Theological Groundwork | 81 |
Reciprocal Christian and Muslim Recognition of the Theological Validity of Judaism | 84 |
Muslims | 89 |
A Realistic but Open Model of the Covenant for Our Times | 90 |
The Role of Individuals in the Covenant | 91 |
The Role of the Group and Its Traditions in the Covenant | 92 |
The Role of Universal Ideals in the Covenant | 93 |
The Role of God in the Covenant | 94 |
The Kings Torah Judaism and National Policy | 96 |
Arguments for Separation of Church and State | 99 |
Coherence and Continuity amid Freedom and Diversity | 101 |
Areas of Moral Disagreement | 105 |
Justifying This Approach Philosophically and Theologically | 108 |
Bringing Religion and Nation Closer Together | 112 |
Procedural Justice Making a Fair Decision | 114 |
Beyond the Letter of the Law | 117 |
Arbitration and Mediation | 118 |
Gods Justice | 122 |
Justice and Love | 124 |
Substantive Justice A Jewish Approach to Poverty | 126 |
Jewish Poverty Programs | 138 |
Rabbinic Poverty Law | 140 |
The Responsibilities of the Poor | 147 |
Respect for the Poor | 149 |
Translating from Then to Now | 150 |
Insights from the Tradition for Contemporary Thought and Action | 155 |
An Ongoing Challenge | 159 |
A Time for War and a Time for Peace The Ethics of War and International Intervention | 161 |
Political and Economic Intervention | 164 |
Obligatory and Discretionary Wars | 165 |
Defensive Wars | 168 |
Procedures for Waging War | 171 |
Preemptive Wars for Defense | 172 |
Military Intervention for Other Reasons | 174 |
Deterrents to Military Intervention | 178 |
From Theory to Practice | 180 |
Communal Forgiveness | 184 |
Gods Forgiveness of Individual Jews and the People Israel | 188 |
Gods Forgiveness of Nations | 191 |
Human Versus Divine Forgiveness of Nations | 193 |
The Proper Parties for Forgiveness and Regret | 194 |
The Possibility of Forgiveness As Part of an Ontological Reality | 196 |
An Argument against Forgiveness Granted by Descendants | 200 |
Precedents for Reconciliation | 202 |
Whether to Forgive | 203 |
The Factors For | 205 |
The Bottom Line | 210 |
Notes | 213 |
The Right in Contrast to the Good | 241 |
A Theory Explaining the Differences between the Right and the Good | 249 |
Comparative Ways for Identifying the Moral Course of Action | 262 |
Catholicism | 263 |
Protestantism | 265 |
American Secularism | 267 |
Different Methods Different Results | 269 |
Judaism | 270 |
Notes to Appendix A | 283 |
Notes to Appendix B | 286 |
Bibliography of Cited Modern Sources | 288 |
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
according action Amalek American Jews apply Avodah Zarah Avot Bava Bava Batra Bible biblical Catholic Chapter charity Christian Church claim commanded committed Compare concepts contemporary court covenant Deuteronomy discussion divine Dorff duty Elliot N epistemological ethics example Exodus faith forgiveness Genesis God's Greenberg historical Holocaust holy Hoshen human ideal ideology individual interfaith intervention Israel Israelites issues Jesus Jewish community Jewish law Jewish sources Jewish tradition Judaism justice Leviticus living Lord M.T. Laws Maimonides means ment Mishnah modern moral Moreover motive Muslims Nahmanides nations non-Jews Nostra Aetate obligations Pe'ah person philosophical pluralism poor poverty practice preemptive wars Rabbah Rabbinical Assembly Rabbis Rashi relations relationship religion religious rules S.A. Yoreh De'ah Sabbath Sanhedrin secular Shabbat Shammai social society Sotah specific Talmud theological thing tion Torah ultimately understand values Vatican wars wrong Yoreh De'ah
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 6 - When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.