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Law, Reason, and Morality in Medieval Jewish Philosophy - Saadia Gaon, Bahya ibn Pakuda, and Moses Maimonides (Hardcover)
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Law, Reason, and Morality in Medieval Jewish Philosophy - Saadia Gaon, Bahya ibn Pakuda, and Moses Maimonides (Hardcover)
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The medieval Jewish philosophers Saadia Gaon, Bahya ibn Pakuda, and
Moses Maimonides made significant contributions to moral philosophy
in ways that remain relevant today.
Jonathan Jacobs explicates shared, general features of the thought
of these thinkers and also highlights their distinctive
contributions to understanding moral thought and moral life. The
rationalism of these thinkers is a key to their views. They argued
that seeking rational understanding of Torah's commandments and the
created order is crucial to fulfilling the covenant with God, and
that intellectual activity and ethical activity form a spiral of
mutual reinforcement. In their view, rational comprehension and
ethical action jointly constitute a life of holiness. Their
insights are important in their own right and are also relevant to
enduring issues in moral epistemology and moral psychology,
resonating even in the contemporary context.
The central concerns of this study include (i) the relations
between revelation and rational justification, (ii) the roles of
intellectual virtue and ethical virtue in human perfection, (iii)
the implications of theistic commitments for topics such as freedom
of the will, the acquisition of virtues and vices, repentance,
humility, and forgiveness, (iv) contrasts between medieval Jewish
moral thought and the practical wisdom approach to moral philosophy
and the natural law approach to it, and (v) the universality and
objectivity of moral elements of Torah.
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