Economic morality and Jewish law / Aaron Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, Aaron.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mishpat Ivri--Economic aspects.

Mishpat Ivri.

Economics--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Economics.

Law and economics.

Law and ethics.

Jewish ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Economic Morality and Jewish Law compares the way in which welfare economics and Jewish law determine the propriety of an economic action, whether by a private citizen or the government. Espousing what philosophers would call a consequentialist ethical system, welfare economics evaluates the worthiness of an economic action based on whether the action would increase the wealth of society in the long run. In sharp contrast, Jewish law espouses a deontological system of ethics. Within this ethical system, the determination of the propriety of an action is entirely a matter of discovering the app

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. A Tale of Two Sermons (Derashot): Jewish Law's Deontological Ethics at Work; Chapter 2. The Sale of the Birthright and the Bilateral Monopoly Model; Chapter 3. The Coase Theorem as Treated in Jewish Law; Chapter 4. Price Controls in Jewish Law; Chapter 5. Reviving Yehoshua b. Gamla's Vision for Torah Education; Chapter 6. Aspect of the Lemons Problem as Treated in Jewish Law; Chapter 7. The Living Wage and Jewish Law; Chapter 8. Short Selling and Jewish Law; Glossary; Bibliography; Name Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-999615-6

0-19-997437-3

0-19-026136-6

OCLC:

865508612