To Do The Right And The Good

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ISBN: 9780827607743 | 0827607741
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Copyright: 5/1/2004

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Fundamental Beliefs That Guide Jewish Social Ethics	p. 1
The Central Stories of Jews, Christians, and Americans	p. 3
The Nature of the Individual	p. 5
The Nature of the Community	p. 16
The Goals of Human Existence	p. 26
Reprise: The Fundamental Concepts As Articulated in the Central Stories	p. 32
Pluralism within the Jewish Community	p. 36
Rabbinic Approaches to Diversity	p. 37
Modern Approaches to Diversity	p. 44
The Need for Unity with Diversity	p. 60
"A People Apart": A Jewish Theology of Jewish Relations to Other Peoples	p. 61
Jewish Identity Defined by the Jewish Covenant with God	p. 61
Idolaters and Monotheists	p. 66
Nationalism and Universalism in the Traditional Concept of the Covenant	p. 68
Historical, Epistemological, and Theological Groundwork for Jews' Relations to Other Religions	p. 73
Reciprocal Christian and Muslim Recognition of the Theological Validity of Judaism	p. 84
A Realistic but Open Model of the Covenant for Our Times	p. 90
The King's Torah: Judaism and National Policy	p. 96
The Historical Relationship of Jews to the State	p. 96
Arguments for Separation of Church and State	p. 99
Coherence and Continuity amid Freedom and Diversity	p. 101
Areas of Moral Disagreement	p. 105
Justifying This Approach Philosophically and Theologically	p. 108
Bringing Religion and Nation Closer Together	p. 112
Procedural Justice: Making a Fair Decision	p. 114
Procedural and Substantive Justice	p. 114
Aspiring to Be Holy: Beyond the Letter of the Law	p. 117
Arbitration and Mediation	p. 118
God's Justice	p. 122
Justice and Love	p. 124
Substantive Justice: A Jewish Approach to Poverty	p. 126
Jewish Value Concepts Relevant to Concern for the Poor	p. 128
Jewish Poverty Programs	p. 138
Translating from Then to Now	p. 150
Insights from the Tradition for Contemporary Thought and Action	p. 155
An Ongoing Challenge	p. 159
"A Time for War and a Time for Peace": The Ethics of War and International Intervention	p. 161
Political and Economic Intervention	p. 164
Obligatory and Discretionary Wars	p. 165
Defensive Wars	p. 168
Procedures for Waging War	p. 171
Preemptive Wars for Defense	p. 172
Military Intervention for Other Reasons	p. 174
Deterrents to Military Intervention	p. 178
From Theory to Practice	p. 180
Communal Forgiveness	p. 184
The Issue	p. 184
God's Forgiveness of Individual Jews and the People Israel	p. 188
Human Forgiveness of Individuals	p. 188
God's Forgiveness of Nations	p. 191
Human Versus Divine Forgiveness of Nations	p. 193
The Proper Parties for Forgiveness and Regret	p. 194
The Possibility of Forgiveness As Part of an Ontological Reality	p. 196
An Argument against Forgiveness Granted by Descendants	p. 200
Precedents for Reconciliation	p. 202
Whether to Forgive	p. 203
The Bottom Line	p. 210
Notes	p. 213
The Right in Contrast to the Good	p. 241
Comparative Ways for Identifying the Moral Course of Action	p. 262
Notes to App. A	p. 283
Notes to App. B	p. 286
Bibliography of Cited Modern Sources	p. 288
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