04958nam 2200673Ia 450 991078562170332120230703224249.01-4384-1464-1(CKB)2670000000233914(EBL)3408276(SSID)ssj0000607552(PQKBManifestationID)11370469(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607552(PQKBWorkID)10585364(PQKB)11132524(MiAaPQ)EBC3408276(OCoLC)794701341(MdBmJHUP)muse14035(Au-PeEL)EBL3408276(CaPaEBR)ebr10588826(OCoLC)923414177(EXLCZ)99267000000023391419971006h19981998 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPast imperatives studies in the history and theory of Jewish ethics /Louis E. NewmanAlbany, N.Y. :State University of New York Press,1998.©19981 online resource (xiii, 283 pages)SUNY series in Jewish philosophySeveral of the chapters in this book were originally published as journal articles between 1987 and 1993.0-7914-3867-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-278) and index.""Front Matter ""; ""Half Title Page ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Ethics: Applied and Theoretical, Prescriptive and Descriptive""; ""The Modern Study of Jewish Ethics""; ""Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish Ethics""; ""Content ""; ""Part One: Ethics and Law""; ""Law, Virtue, and Supererogation in the Halakha""; ""The Problem of Lifnim Mishurat Hadin Reconsidered""; ""Talmudic Sources""; ""The Status of Lifnim Mishurat Hadin""""Interpreting Lifnim Mishurat Radin: A Fresh Perspective"" ""Ethics as Law, Law as Religion""; ""Reflections on the Problem of Law and Ethics in Judaism""; ""The Evidence""; ""The Parameters of the Debate""; ""Reframing the Issues""; ""Law and Ethics in the Context of Judaism as a Religious System""; ""Covenant and Contract""; ""A Framework for the Analysis of Jewish Ethics""; ""The Centrality of Covenant""; ""Covenant and Contract: A Typology of Relationships""; ""Covenant Theologies and Jewish Ethics""; ""Conclusions""; ""Part Two: Ethics and Theology""; ""The Quality of Mercy""""On the Duty to Forgive in the Judaic Tradition"" ""A Philosophical Model of Forgiveness""; ""Judaic Sources on Forgiveness""; ""The Theological Foundation of the Duty to Forgive""; ""Jewish Theology and Bioethics""; ""The Character of Traditional Jewish Ethics""; ""Some Principles of Jewish Biomedical Ethics""; ""Jewish Medical Ethics in a Wider Context""; ""Nature and Torah, Creation and Revelation""; ""On the Possibility of a Natural Law in Judaism""; ""Natural Law: Issues of Definition""; ""Natural Law in Judaism: Redefining the Question, Reexamining the Texts""""Nature and Torah, Creation and Revelation"" ""Religious Faith, Historical Relativism, and the Prospects for Modern Jewish Ethics""; ""Revelation, Historicism, and the Search for Moral Norms""; ""God's Presence in History: Reconstructing Jewish Theology""; ""Jewish Theology, Covenant, and Ethics""; ""Part Three: Methodological Issues in Contemporary Jewish Ethics""; ""Woodchoppers and Respirators""; ""The Problem of Interpretation in Contemporary Jewish Ethics""; ""Interpretation in Contemporary Jewish Ethics: Description and Analysis""; ""The Interpretation of Texts in a Legal Tradition""""Contemporary Jewish Ethics-A Reassessment"" ""Text and Tradition in Contemporary Jewish Bioethics""; ""Jewish Ethics in the Modern World""; ""Models in Contemporary Jewish Ethics""; ""The Hermeneutics of Contemporary Jewish Ethics""; ""The Concept of Tradition in Contemporary Jewish Ethics""; ""Talking Ethics with Strangers""; ""A View from Jewish Tradition""; ""The Nature of Secular Bioethics""; ""How Judaism Can Contribute to Secular Bioethics""; ""Englehardt and Secular Bioethics Revisited""; ""Conclusion""; ""New Directions in the Study of the Ethics of Judaism""; ""Jewish Ethics in the Context of Judaism""SUNY Series in Jewish PhilosophyJewish ethicsPhilosophyJewish lawPhilosophyJudaismDoctrinesBioethicsJewish ethicsPhilosophy.Jewish lawPhilosophy.JudaismDoctrines.Bioethics.296.3/6Newman Louis E1498519MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785621703321Past imperatives3731453UNINA