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Human Nature & Jewish Thought - Judaism's Case for Why Persons Matter (Paperback)
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Human Nature & Jewish Thought - Judaism's Case for Why Persons Matter (Paperback)
Series: Library of Jewish Ideas
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Loot Price R475
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This book explores one of the great questions of our time: How can
we preserve our sense of what it means to be a person while at the
same time accepting what science tells us to be true--namely, that
human nature is continuous with the rest of nature? What, in other
words, does it mean to be a person in a world of things? Alan
Mittleman shows how the Jewish tradition provides rich ways of
understanding human nature and personhood that preserve human
dignity and distinction in a world of neuroscience, evolutionary
biology, biotechnology, and pervasive scientism. These ancient
resources can speak to Jewish, non-Jewish, and secular readers
alike. Science may tell us what we are, Mittleman says, but it
cannot tell us who we are, how we should live, or why we matter.
Traditional Jewish thought, in open-minded dialogue with
contemporary scientific perspectives, can help us answer these
questions. Mittleman shows how, using sources ranging across the
Jewish tradition, from the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud to more than
a millennium of Jewish philosophy. Among the many subjects the book
addresses are sexuality, birth and death, violence and evil, moral
agency, and politics and economics. Throughout, Mittleman
demonstrates how Jewish tradition brings new perspectives to--and
challenges many current assumptions about--these central aspects of
human nature. A study of human nature in Jewish thought and an
original contribution to Jewish philosophy, this is a book for
anyone interested in what it means to be human in a scientific age.
General
Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Library of Jewish Ideas |
Release date: |
May 2017 |
First published: |
2015 |
Authors: |
Alan L. Mittleman
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
232 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-17627-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-691-17627-2 |
Barcode: |
9780691176277 |
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