Freedom And Respect In Jewish Ethics
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Author | : Kim Treiger-Bar-Am |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2021-06-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1793637709 |
This book explores the norms we have and where we want to go with them. The project began by asking people what they think is the central value in society today. The responses point to notions of what seems “right” to people. We can move forward with these intuitions about the main tenet of our moral lives. Respondents named values regarding freedom of the Self, and concern for the Other. Indeed with freedom, we can respect others. And we must. People’s lives are intertwined, and so freedom as a concept cannot be understood without taking account of this reality. The author suggests that the value to be taken as central is the moral freedom of respect. It ought to guide us in designing the society we want to build. The law can be a bridge towards that normative world. Jewish ethics may illuminate the path.
Author | : Kim Treiger-Bar-Am |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2019-07-25 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1000008029 |
This book explains why we should stop thinking of freedom as limited to a right to be left alone. It explores how Kantian philosophy and Jewish thought instead give rise to a concept of positive freedom. At heart, freedom is inextricably linked to the obligation to respect the autonomy and dignity of others. Freedom thus requires relationships with others and provides an important source of meaning in liberal democratic societies. While individualism is said to foster detachment, positive freedom fosters relations. Moving from moral theory to law, duties are seen as intrinsic to rights. The book considers test cases involving the law of expression, regarding authorial rights and women's prayer at Jerusalem's holy site of the Western Wall. Affirmative duties of respect are essential. Rights held by copyright owners require that all authors – including so-called users – are shown respect. Moreover, rights held by the authorities at the Western Wall require that all worshippers – including those whose interpretation of Jewish law differs from that adopted by the authorities – are respected.
Author | : Kim Treiger-Bar-Am |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781793637697 |
This book brings together people's intuitions, philosophical theories, and principles of Jewish ethics to suggest where our values should lead us. The author argues that a moral freedom of respect upholds freedom of the Self and respect for the Other.
Author | : Jonathan Sacks |
Publisher | : Maggid |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781592640218 |
In this second volume of his long-anticipated five-volume collection of parashat hashavua commentaries, Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks explores these intersections as they relate to universal concerns of freedom, love, responsibility, identity, and destiny. Chief Rabbi Sacks fuses Jewish tradition, Western philosophy, and literature to present a highly developed understanding of the human condition under Gods sovereignty. Erudite and eloquent, Covenant Conversation allows us to experience Chief Rabbi Sacks sophisticated approach to life lived in an ongoing dialogue with the Torah.
Author | : Monroe Price |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1107190126 |
This book explores the underlying philosophies and values that inform the speech rules that a government or community institutes.
Author | : Menachem Elon |
Publisher | : LexisNexis/Matthew Bender |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Droit - Israël - Influence juive |
ISBN | : 9780820540931 |
The first and only casebook on the subject in English, Jewish Law provides insight into a legal system with a long and rich tradition, addressing issues that are relevant today in American law. Its primary focus is on the legal aspects of Jewish law, with emphasis on its historical development. The quoted materials originate from a wide variety of sources, from the Torah and rabbinic responsa, to modern authorities and court opinions written by Justice Elon while serving as a Justice and Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Israel. Jewish Law encompasses a broad spectrum of subjects, and in sufficient depth that professors can adapt the materials to their individual teaching methods. By combining jurisprudence, comparative law, and practical law in one clear and concise text, this casebook provides background and perspective for students as well as practitioners. It contrasts the treatment of various topics in Jewish law with the approaches taken by other legal systems, such as American, English, and modern Israeli, thereby offering new insights. The translations from Hebrew to English preserve the original flavor of the Hebrew text. Justice Elon is a legendary figure in Jewish law. He founded and headed the Institute for Research in Jewish Law at the Hebrew University. He was consulted by the Israeli legislature regarding Jewish law issues during the codification of Israeli Civil Law and served as a member of legislative committees. His three-volume treatise, Jewish Law: Ha-Mishpat Ha-Ivri, has become a classic work on the subject in Israel. As a law professor for over 30 years and an ordained rabbi, Justice Elon brings his teaching expertise to this text. His co-authors are also noted and distinguished legal scholars and practitioners, and were the translators of Justice Elon's treatise, Jewish Law (Ha-Mishpat Ha-Ivri), into English.
Author | : Emmanuel Levinas |
Publisher | : Johns Hopkins University Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1997-11-14 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780801857836 |
Topics include ethics, aesthetics, politics, messianism, Judaism and women, and Jewish-Christian relations, as well as the work of Spinoza, Hegel, Heidegger, Franz Rosenzweig, Simone Weil, and Jules Issac.
Author | : Shmuly Yanklowitz |
Publisher | : CCAR Press |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2020-03-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0881233617 |
The Book of Jonah is a unique text in the Jewish canon. Among the shortest books in the Bible, it is also one of the most mysterious and morally ambiguous. Who is this prophet running from God, hiding at the bottom of the ocean? Why does he struggle with God's mission to save and forgive Israel's enemies? In this volume, Rabbi Dr. Yanklowitz shows that the Book of Jonah delivers a message of human responsibility in a shared world. Illuminating such contemporary ethical issues as animal welfare, incarceration, climate change, weapons of mass destruction, and Jewish-Muslim relations, this social justice commentary urges us to join in repairing a broken world--a call that we, unlike Jonah, must hasten to answer.
Author | : Christine Hayes |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 439 |
Release | : 2017-02-17 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1107036151 |
The Cambridge Companion to Judaism and Law provides a conceptual and historical account of the Jewish understanding of law.
Author | : Göran Larsson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : 9781565630833 |
Bound for Freedom demonstrates that the book of Exodus presents a defining act of liberation not only in Judaism, but also in the Christian understanding of salvation history. That defining act, Larsson argues, takes place at Sinai with the giving of the Torah. Thus Exodus is not about unconditional freedom; rather, as the title of this book suggests, there is no freedom without boundaries. While doing justice to the historical setting of Exodus, Larsson stresses the history of theological interpretation, beginning with early Jewish interpretive traditions. The results illustrate both the vitality of those traditions and the spiritual and moral relevance of Exodus for today's reader.