Applying Jewish Ethics
Beyond the Rabbinic Tradition
1st Edition
Published on 13. December 2022
212 pages
978-1-9787-8982-1 (ISBN)
Description
Applying Jewish Ethics: Beyond the Rabbinic Tradition introduces the reader to applied ethics and examines various social issues from contemporary and largely underrepresented Jewish ethical perspectives. The chapters explain and apply Jewish ethical ideas to contemporary issues connected to racial justice, immigration, gender justice, queer identity, and economic and environmental justice in ways that illustrate their relevance for Jews and non-Jews alike.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-9787-8982-1 (9781978789821)
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12/2022
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Persons
Jennifer A. Thompson is the Maurice Amado Professor of Applied Jewish Ethics and Civic Engagement and Director of the Jewish Studies Program at California State University, Northridge.
Allison B. Wolf is associate professor of philosophy and researcher at the Center for Migration Studies at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.
Allison B. Wolf is associate professor of philosophy and researcher at the Center for Migration Studies at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.
Content
Part I: What is Jewish Ethics?
Chapter 1: An Overview of Secular Ethics and Applied Ethics
Allison B. Wolf
Chapter 2: What is Jewish Ethics?
Jennifer A. Thompson
Part II: Applying Jewish Ethics
A Jewish Social Fabric
Chapter 3: Jewish Perspectives on Charity: A Philosophy for Hopeless Times
Leah Kalmanson
Chapter 4: Beyond the Binary of Silence and Speech: What Jewish Liturgy and Spirals Reveal about the Limits and Potentials of Spiritual Caregiving for Survivors of Sexual Violence
Lena Sclove
Chapter 5: A Social Fabric of Interdependence: The Ethics of Care Work
Jennifer A. Thompson
Part III: Being and Belonging
Chapter 6: Not in My Name: Jewishness, Womanhood, and the Ethics of Identification
Naomi Scheman
Chapter 7: Failed Messiah: H. Leivick's Der Goylem and the Ethics of Action
Melissa Weininger
Part IV: Enacting Justice
Chapter 8: Hans Jonas' Ethics of Responsibility in an Age of Pervasive Technology
Andrea Lehner
Chapter 9: Views from Far and Near: Jewish Memory and Culture in
Chapter 1: An Overview of Secular Ethics and Applied Ethics
Allison B. Wolf
Chapter 2: What is Jewish Ethics?
Jennifer A. Thompson
Part II: Applying Jewish Ethics
A Jewish Social Fabric
Chapter 3: Jewish Perspectives on Charity: A Philosophy for Hopeless Times
Leah Kalmanson
Chapter 4: Beyond the Binary of Silence and Speech: What Jewish Liturgy and Spirals Reveal about the Limits and Potentials of Spiritual Caregiving for Survivors of Sexual Violence
Lena Sclove
Chapter 5: A Social Fabric of Interdependence: The Ethics of Care Work
Jennifer A. Thompson
Part III: Being and Belonging
Chapter 6: Not in My Name: Jewishness, Womanhood, and the Ethics of Identification
Naomi Scheman
Chapter 7: Failed Messiah: H. Leivick's Der Goylem and the Ethics of Action
Melissa Weininger
Part IV: Enacting Justice
Chapter 8: Hans Jonas' Ethics of Responsibility in an Age of Pervasive Technology
Andrea Lehner
Chapter 9: Views from Far and Near: Jewish Memory and Culture in
