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About this book
Ethics at the Center culls the best of Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff’s pioneering thinking in Jewish ethics over nearly five decades. Dorff shows that our response to moral issues depends ultimately on our conceptions of the nature of human beings and God; how Jewish law, theology, prayer, history, and community should also define and motivate Jewish responses to moral issues; and how the honorable and divergent stances of Western philosophy and other religions about moral living shed light on Judaism’s distinctive standpoints.
From there Dorff applies Judaism’s ethics to real life: abortion post–Roe v. Wade, sexual orientation and human dignity, avoiding harm in communication, playing violent or defamatory video games, modern war ethics, handling donations of ill-gotten gain after the fact. In conclusion he explores how Jewish family and community, holidays and rituals, theology, study, and law have moral import as well.
Dorff’s personal introduction to each chapter reflects on why and when he wrote its contents, its continuing relevance, and if—and if so, how—he would now change what he wrote earlier. Readers will experience not only his evolving ethical thought but many facets of the person and the Jew that Dorff is today.
From there Dorff applies Judaism’s ethics to real life: abortion post–Roe v. Wade, sexual orientation and human dignity, avoiding harm in communication, playing violent or defamatory video games, modern war ethics, handling donations of ill-gotten gain after the fact. In conclusion he explores how Jewish family and community, holidays and rituals, theology, study, and law have moral import as well.
Dorff’s personal introduction to each chapter reflects on why and when he wrote its contents, its continuing relevance, and if—and if so, how—he would now change what he wrote earlier. Readers will experience not only his evolving ethical thought but many facets of the person and the Jew that Dorff is today.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Sponsor Page
- Frontispiece
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Notes about the Cover
- Part 1
- 1. A Philosopher Explains What Belief in God Means
- 2. God as the Source of Moral Norms
- 3. How Judaism Understands Individuals and Communities
- Part 2
- 4. Traditional Jewish Means of Inculcating Morality
- 5. My Own Theory of Jewish Law
- 6. Applying Jewish Law to New Circumstances
- 7. Applying Jewish Theology to the Moral Issue of Providing Aid in Dying
- 8. The Role of Prayer in Moral Discernment and Motivation
- 9. The Roles of Autonomy and Community in Deciding How to Live as Jews
- Part 3
- 10. Abortion after the Overturning of Roe v. Wade
- 11. Sexual Orientation and Human Dignity
- 12. Providing References When the Truth May Be Harmful
- 13. Avoiding Harmful Communication
- 14. Preserving Modesty in Communication
- 15. The Ethics of Playing Violent and Defamatory Video Games
- 16. A Modern Jewish Approach to War
- 17. Addressing Donations from Ill-Gotten Gain
- 18. Final Thoughts
- Source Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography of Works by Elliot Dorff
- Index
- About Elliot N. Dorff
- Series List