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Natural law in Judaism /
This 1998 book presents a theory of natural law, significant for the study of Judaism, philosophy and comparative ethics. It demonstrates that the assumption that Judaism has no natural law theory to speak of is simply wrong. The book shows how natural law theory, using a variety of different terms...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1998.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents ; Preface ; 1 The challenge of modern secularity ; The historical location of the question; The philosophical location of the question; Communities and society; God's will and god's wisdom; 2 Scriptural foundations ; The original question of natural law; The generation of the flood; Abraham and sodom; Abraham and abimelech; The rape of dinah; Joseph and potiphar's wife; Moses and jethro.
- 3 Jewish ethics and natural law Jewish ethics; Reasons and intentions; Reasons of the commandments; Law and ethics; The modern equation of judaism and ethics; A post-modern retrieval of ethics within the covenant; 4 Maimonides'teleology of the law ; Legal disputation; The rational structure of the law; Maimonidean teleology and the law; Maimonides' use of legal teleology; Reason: practical and theoretical; 5 Natural law and created nature ; Law and nature.
- Law, nature, and teleologySaadiah s teleology; Maimonides teleology; The epistemological question; Natural law in roman jurisprudence; Creation and revelation; 6 Noahide law and human personhood ; Noahide law; Noahide law and rights; The noahide; Human personhood; The image of god; 7 Conclusion ; /. Natural law is that which lies at the junction of theology and philosophy.; 2. Natural law is that which makes Jewish moral discourse possible in an intercultural world.; 3. Natural law is the practical thrust of the doctrine of creation.
- 4. Natural law is the reason for revealed commandments governing interhuman relationships.5. Natural law is the precondition of the covenant.; 6"". Natural law is the criterion for human legislation of interhuman relationships.; 7. Natural law is a cultural construct.; 8. Natural law requires comparative law and ethics.; g. Natural law is Noahide law.; 10. Natural law intends the unique dignity of humanness.; Bibliography ; Index.