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Author:   Jonathan Jacobs (, Director, Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics, and Professor of Philosophy, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.40cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.80cm
Weight:   0.502kg
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9780199583157

ISBN 10:   0199583153
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   16 June 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Jonathan Jacobs: Introduction I: Some Judaic Roots 1: Alan Mittleman: The Durability of Goodness 2: Kenneth Seeskin: Judaism and the Idea of the Future II: Judaic Culture and Politics 3: Steven Grosby: Hebraism: The Third Culture 4: Yorum Hazony: The Political Thought of the Biblical History, Genesis-Kings III: Fundamental Elements of Morality and Moral Psychology 5: Jonathan Jacobs: Tradition, Rationality, and Moral Life: Medieval Judaism's Insight 6: David Novak: Natural Law and Jewish Philosophy IV: Medieval and Moral Politics: Maimonides and Spinoza on Reason and Revelation 7: Daniel H. Frank: The Politics of Fear: Idolatry and Superstition in Maimonides and Spinoza 8: Edward C. Halper: Torah as Political Philosophy: Maimonides and Spinoza on Religious Law V: Moral Philosophy: Enduring Influences and Continued Borrowings 9: Ze'ev Maghen: Dancing in Chains: The Baffling Coexistence of Legalism and Exuberance in Judaic and Islamic Tradition 10: Lenn E. Goodman: Individuality

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Jonathan A. Jacobs received his Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge and was John MacMurray Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs at the University of St. Andrews, and Visiting Scholar, Social Philosophy & Policy Center Bowling Green State University. He has also been Director of the Division of Humanities at Colgate University, where he was Richard J. and Jean Head Professor of Philosophy. Most of his work is in moral psychology and metaethics, with a focus on Aristotle and medieval philosophy, as well as issues concerning the aims and justification of punishment.

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