Economic morality and Jewish law / / Aaron Levine

• Autore: Levine Aaron
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2012; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.3/64
• Soggetto topico: Mishpat Ivri - Economic aspects; Economics - Religious aspects - Judaism; Law and economics; Law and ethics; Jewish ethics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Economic morality and Jewish law
• ISBN: 0-19-999615-6; 0-19-997437-3; 0-19-026136-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810138503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II