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050 00 $aBJ1280$b.G73
100 1 $aGreenberg, Simon,$d1901-
245 14 $aThe ethical in the Jewish and American heritage /$cby Simon Greenberg.
260 0 $aNew York :$bJewish Theological Seminary of America : distributed by Ktav Pub. House,$c1977.
300 $axvi, 327 p. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aMoreshet series ;$vv. 4
500 $aIncludes indexes.
504 $aBibliography: p. 307-317.
505 0 $aChapter I. Ethics, religion, and Judaism -- Section 1. The scope of this inquiry -- Section 2. The secular rationalization of the ethical preliminary remarks -- The secular view of the self -- Section 3. The secular rationalization of the moral -- Section 4. The secular rationalization of the unethical -- Section 5. The secular rationalization of the unethical might makes right -- The concept of justice -- That the benefit exceed the injury -- The greatest possible good for the greatest possible number -- The good -- Section 5. The religious component in the secular rationalization of the moral and the ethical -- That the ethical and moral coincide with self interest -- One should identify his self with his 'higher' self -- The metaphysics of secular ethical systems -- Section 6. The religious component in the secular rationalization of the unethical -- The doctrine that makes right -- The religious component in the secular concept of justice --
505 0 $aThe religious component in the relativistic or the absolute concept of the good -- Section 7. Judaism and the ethical -- Some preliminary remarks -- Two categories of Mizvot -- Why revelation -- ON the religious and the secular in Judaism -- Section 8. Judaism and the unethical -- Preliminary remarks -- Judaism and the principle that might makes right -- Judaism and the unethical which is subservient to the ethical -- Judaism and the principle of the greater good for the greatest number -- Judaism and the concept of justice -- Judaism's rationalization of Israel's conquest of Canaan -- Section 9. Judaism and the moral -- Introductory remarks -- The moral component in Judaism: to share one's physical possessions with the needy -- Not to take advantage of the defenseless -- To perform acts of mercy -- Obligations to one's enemies -- Remaining true to a commitment -- Acting as conscience of society -- To risk limb and life in behalf of a fellowman -- Love thy neighbor as thyself --
505 0 $aKindness to animals -- Limitations of the scope of the moral -- Section 10. Judaism's rationalization of the ethical and the moral -- Love of God vs. fear of God -- On expecting a reward -- Section 11. Judaism's concept of the universe and of man -- Epilogue
505 0 $a-- Chapter II. Ethics and law in the American tradition -- The Declaration of Independence and the constitution -- The period between 1783 and 1791 -- Defining liberty in the first ten amendments -- The period between 1854 and 1869 -- The great debate on the rightness of wrongness of slavery, on the meaning of the word 'people' in the preamble, and on the word 'men' in the declaration -- The third period 1873-1965 -- The debilitation of the 14th and 15th amendments -- The rehabilitation of the amendments -- The right to privacy -- The pursuit of happiness and the general welfare -- The commerce clause and the general welfare -- The concept of sovereignty and the general welfare -- The limitations of the declaration and the constitution -- Chapter III. Ethics and law in Judaism -- Law, hardship, and justice -- Rabbinic measures on behalf of the wife -- Failure to deal with the Agunah -- Protection of the wife and preservation of the family -- Study guidelines -- Definition of terms -- Ethical concepts and legal enactments -- Mutual indispensability of Israel and Torah -- Biblical text and ethical context -- The Lex Talionis -- The Prozbul -- Saving life, violating the Sabbath -- Inviolable laws -- Ethical validation of Rabbinic legislation -- Recapitulation and proposal -- Chapter IV. Some affinities between the Jewish and the American historical experience.
650 0 $aJewish ethics.
650 0 $aLaw and ethics.
650 0 $aLaw$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aJewish law$xPhilosophy.
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776 08 $iOnline version:$aGreenberg, Simon, 1901-$tEthical in the Jewish and American heritage.$dNew York : Jewish Theological Seminary of America : distributed by Ktav Pub. House, 1977$w(OCoLC)647499947
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