Social justice / / edited by Elliot N. Dorff and Danya Ruttenberg

• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Jewish Publication Society, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (170 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Jewish ethics; Jews - Identity; Human body - Religious aspects - Judaism
• Altri autori: DorffElliot N RuttenbergDanya
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-145) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Case 1: Poverty and Health Care -- Case Study -- Traditional Sources -- Contemporary Sources -- Responses: -- Passion, Power, and Partnership -- Health Care for the Homeless: An Interview with Lillian Gelberg -- The Reach and the Limits of Responsibility -- Case 2: Discrimination and Preferential Treatment -- Case Study -- Traditional Sources -- Contemporary Sources -- Responses: -- For Whom is the Fight Against Discrimination? Jews, Liberal Equality and Ethnic-Nationalism -- Discrimination: A Violation of Human Dignity -- Bias Crime Laws and the Mission of Social Justice -- Case 3: The Environment -- Case Study -- Traditional Sources -- Contemporary Sources -- Responses: -- Teshuvah to Shylah: Creating Questions from Answers -- Preventing Our Stumble -- Struggling with Environmental Balance -- Case 4: Criminal Justice -- Case Study -- Traditional Sources -- Contemporary Sources -- Responses: -- Getting Our Priorities Right: The Call for Education, Not Incarceration -- Reading the Rabbis in Their Own World: Contextualizing Rabbinic Views of Capital Punishment -- The Role of Punishment and the Death Penalty -- Conclusion: The Ethics of Social Justice -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Editors and Contributors -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: How do we expand health care coverage to more Americans? Are hate crimes legislation and affirmative action fair? What sacrifices must we make to protect the environment? Is the death penalty morally acceptable? Contributors include Jill Jacobs, of Jewish Funds for Justice; Arthur Waskow, director of The Shalom Center; and TV commentator and UCLA law professor Laurie Levenson. Each volume in this series presents hypothetical cases on specific topics, followed by traditional and contemporary sources. Supplementing these are brief essays, written by contributors of various ages, backgrounds, and viewpoints to provoke lively thought and discussion. These voices from Jewish tradition and today's Jewish community present us with new questions and perspectives, encouraging us to consider our own moral choices in a new light.
• Titolo autorizzato: Social justice
• ISBN: 0-8276-1124-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963682703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II