Modern Jewish ethics, theory and practice / edited by Marvin Fox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Makhon le-Yahadut ule-maḥshavah bat-zemanenu (Israel)

Contributor:

Fox, Marvin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish ethics--Congresses.

Jewish ethics.

Jewish law--Congresses.

Jewish law.

Jewish philosophy--Congresses.

Jewish philosophy.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 262 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [1975]

Contents:

pt. 1. Introduction: Judaism, secularism, and textual interpretation / Marvin Fox

pt. 2. The legal basis: The neighbor (Rea̓) whom we shall love / Ernst Simon

A response to Ernst Simon / Harold Fisch

Does Jewish tradition recognize an ethic independent of Halakha? / Aharon Lichtenstein

Halakha and other systems of ethics: attitudes and interactions / Nachum L. Rabinovitch

The limits of self-sacrifice / Jakob J. Petuchowski

pt. 3. The philosophical basis: Ideology and idealism / Emmanuel Levinas

Ethics as transcendence and the contemporary world: a response to Emmanuel Levinas / Abner Weiss

The autonomy of moral objectivity / David Sidorsky

On the rational commandments in Sadia's philosophy: a reexamination / Marvin Fox

pt. 4. The contemporary situation: The dynamics of power: morality in armed conflict after the Six Day War / Meir Pai̓l

A response to Meir Pai̓l

Religion and morality in Israel and in the dispersion / Zvi Yaron

A response to Zvi Yaron / Simon Herman.

Credits:

Papers presented at meetings of the Institute for Judaism and Contemporary Thought.

Notes:

Primarily papers presented at the 1972 meeting of the Institute.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

CJS copy acc.#170

ISBN:

081420192X

9780814201923

OCLC:

1104357