Jewish Ethics for the Twenty-First Century

In this highly provocative and informed work, Byron L. Sherwin, one of the leading Jewish ethicists of our time, demonstrates how the wisdom of the past -- found in classical texts that form Jewish religious tradition -- can forcefully address the moral perplexities of the present.

Byron L. Sherwin was Ordained a rabbi by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, he earned his Ph.D. from the Committee on the History of Culture at the University of Chicago. He currently serves as Vice-President of Academic Affairs and Distinguished Service Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Mysticism at Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago, Illinois.

Foreword

ix

Louis Jacobs

Preface

xvii

Abbreviations

xxi

In God's Image

1

(12)

Health and Healing

13

(22)

Euthanasia

35

(27)

In Adam's Image

62

(26)

Parent-Child Relations

88

(22)

Cloning and Reproductive Biotechnology

110

(17)

Zedakah as Social Welfare

127

(24)

Repentance as Moral Rehabilitation

151

(18)

Glossary

169

(4)

Works Cited

173

(18)

Index

191

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Jewish Ethics for the Twenty-First Century

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