Law, politics, and morality in Judaism / edited and with a preface by Michael Walzer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walzer, Michael.

Series:

Ethikon series in comparative ethics.

The Ethikon series in comparative ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish law--Moral and ethical aspects.

Jewish law.

Public law (Jewish law).

Judaism and state.

Law--Israel--Jewish influences.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 217 pages)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jewish legal and political thought developed in conditions of exile, where Jews had neither a state of their own nor citizenship in any other. What use, then, can this body of thought be today to Jews living in Israel or as emancipated citizens in secular democratic states? Can a culture of exile be adapted to help Jews find ways of being at home politically today? These questions are central in Law, Politics, and Morality in Judaism, a collection of essays by contemporary political theorists, philosophers, and lawyers. How does Jewish law accommodate--or fail to accommodate--the practice of democratic citizenship? What range of religious toleration and pluralism is compatible with traditional Judaism? What forms of coexistence between Jews and non-Jews are required by shared citizenship? How should Jews operating within halakha (Jewish law) and Jewish history judge the use of force by modern states? The authors assembled here by prominent political theorist Michael Walzer come from different points on the religious-secular spectrum, and they differ greatly in their answers to such questions. But they all enact the relationship at issue since their answers, while based on critical Jewish texts, also reflect their commitments as democratic citizens. The contributors are Michael Walzer, David Biale, the late Robert M. Cover, Menachem Fisch, Geoffrey B. Levey, David Novak, Aviezer Ravitzky, Adam B. Seligman, Suzanne Last Stone, and Noam J. Zohar.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface / Walzer, Michael

Part I. Political Order and Civil Society

1 Obligation: A Jewish Jurisprudence of the Social Order / Cover, Robert M.

2 Judaism and Civil Society / Last Stone, Suzanne

3 Civil Society and Government / Zohar, Noam J.

4 Autonomy and Modernity / Biale, David

Part II. Territory, Sovereignty, and International Society

5 Land And People / Novak, David

6 Contested Boundaries: Visions Of A Shared World / Zohar, Noam J.

7 Diversity, Tolerance, And Sovereignty / Fisch, Menachem

8 Responses To Modernity / Seligman, Adam B.

9 Judaism And Cosmopolitanism / Novak, David

Part III. War and Peace

10 Commanded And Permitted Wars / Walzer, Michael

11 Prohibited Wars / Ravitzky, Aviezer

12 Judaism And The Obligation To Die For The State / Levey, Geoffrey B.

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612129476

9781282129474

1282129473

9781400827206

1400827205

OCLC:

367693863