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Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > Practical & applied ethics
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Othering
(Hardcover)
Charles K. Bellinger
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How do modern Jews understand virtues such as courage, humility,
justice, solidarity, or love? In truth: they have fiercely debated
how to interpret them. This groundbreaking anthology of musar
(Jewish traditions regarding virtue and character) explores the
diverse ways seventy-eight modern Jewish thinkers understand ten
virtues: honesty and love of truth; curiosity and inquisitiveness;
humility; courage and valor; temperance and self-restraint;
gratitude; forgiveness; love, kindness, and compassion; solidarity
and social responsibility; and justice and righteousness. These
thinkers-from the Musar movement to Hasidism to contemporary
Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Renewal,
Humanist, and secular Jews-often agree on the importance of these
virtues but fundamentally disagree in their conclusions. The
juxtaposition of their views, complemented by Geoffrey Claussen's
pointed analysis, allows us to see tensions with particular
clarity-and sometimes to recognize multiple compelling ways of
viewing the same virtue. By expanding the category of musar
literature to include not only classic texts and traditional works
influenced by them but also the writings of diverse rabbis,
scholars, and activists-men and women-who continue to shape Jewish
tradition, Modern Musar challenges the fields of modern Jewish
thought and ethics to rethink their boundaries-and invites us to
weigh and refine our own moral ideals.
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The Woman Question
(Hardcover)
Kitty L Kielland; Translated by Christopher Fauske
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The Woman Question
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Kitty L Kielland; Translated by Christopher Fauske
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Jeff Morgan argues that both Immanuel Kant and Soren Kierkegaard
think of conscience as an individual's moral self-awareness before
God, specifically before the claim God makes on each person. This
innovative reading corrects prevailing views that both figures,
especially Kant, lay the groundwork for the autonomous individual
of modern life - that is, the atomistic individual who is
accountable chiefly to themselves as their own lawmaker. This book
first challenges the dismissal of conscience in 20th-century
Christian ethics, often in favour of an emphasis on corporate life
and corporate self-understanding. Morgan shows that this dismissal
is based on a misinterpretation of Immanuel Kant's practical
philosophy and moral theology, and of Soren Kierkegaard's second
authorship. He does this with refreshing discussions of Stanley
Hauerwas, Oliver O'Donovan, and other major figures. Morgan instead
situates Kant and Kierkegaard within a broad trajectory in
Christian thought in which an individual's moral self-awareness
before God, as distinct from moral self-awareness before a
community, is an essential feature of the Christian moral life.
Nonviolence is emerging as a topic of great interest in activist,
academic and community settings. In particular, nonviolence is
being recognized as a necessary component of constructive and
sustainable social change. This book considers nonviolence in
relationship to specific social, political, ecological and
spiritual issues. Through case studies and examinations of social
resistance, gender, the arts, and education, it provides
specialists and non-specialists with a solid introduction to the
importance and relevance of nonviolence in various
contexts.Advancing Nonviolence and Social Transformation is
organized into five sections. The first section is a set of essays
on various historical and contemporary perspectives on nonviolence.
The second section consists of essays on philosophical and
theoretical explorations of the topic. The third and fourth
sections expand the scope of nonviolence into the areas of thought
and action, including Indigenous resistance, student protests,
human trafficking, intimate partner violence and ecological issues.
The final section takes nonviolence into the study of wonder,
music, education and hope.The book will be useful to anyone working
in the theories and practices of social change.
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Remorse
(Hardcover)
Anthony Bash; Foreword by Martyn Percy
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