Ethics of Responsibility: Pluralistic Approaches to Covenantal Ethics
- ISBN-10
- 0827605145
- ISBN-13
- 9780827605145
- Category
- Religion / Judaism / General
- Pages
- 156
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Jewish Publication Society
- Author
- Walter S. Wurzburger
Description
Unlike many traditional Jewish thinkers who contend that only halachic norms dictate matters of ethics and morality, Wurzburger argues that cultivation of an ethical personality is a religious imperative. This book bridges the gap between liberal Jewish philosophy and modern Orthodoxy.
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