Rethinking Ethics in the Light of Jewish Thought and the Life Sciences
Judaism in the twentieth century began to return to its scriptural, communal roots after a centuries-long detour through Greek-influenced natural philosophy, a detour during which science and ethics were assumed to be partners and Jewish ethics drew heavily on natural philosophy and science. Twentie...
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Sprache: | Englisch |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2001
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Journal of religious ethics
Jahr: 2001, Band: 29, Heft: 2, Seiten: 209-233 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Postmodernism
B natural philosophy B Law B Mysticism B Assisted Reproduction B Adultery B Evolutionary Psychology B biblical ethics B Jewish ethics |
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Zusammenfassung: | Judaism in the twentieth century began to return to its scriptural, communal roots after a centuries-long detour through Greek-influenced natural philosophy, a detour during which science and ethics were assumed to be partners and Jewish ethics drew heavily on natural philosophy and science. Twentieth-century philosophical ethics and science, particularly biological science, have developed in such a way as to make any continuation of that historical partnership problematic. This is not altogether regrettable because the problematizing of this long-standing partnership has driven Jewish ethics back to its real roots: covenantal relationship, and moral wisdom and discernment. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/0384-9694.00078 |