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Author Harris, Michael J., 1964-

Title Divine command ethics : Jewish and Christian perspectives / Michael J. Harris.

Publication Info. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 207 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Philosophical ideas in debate
Philosophical ideas in debate.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-204) and index.
Contents Chapter INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 Divine Command Theory and The Shared Moral Universe of God and Humanity: the analytical framework of the project -- chapter 2 ANALYTIC DISCUSSION OF POSITIONS ON DCT AND SMU IN PHILOSOPHY AND CONTEMPORARY JEWISH THOUGHT -- chapter 3 BIBLICAL TEXTS -- chapter 4 SMU: RABBINIC TEXTS AND CONCEPTS AND POST-TALMUDIC RABBINIC THOUGHT -- chapter 5 DIVINE COMMAND THEORY IN THE TEXTS OF JEWISH TRADITION -- chapter 6 THE AKEDAH -- Genesis 22 and DCT/SMU -- chapter 7 DCT/SMU AND THE COMMANDMENT TO WIPE OUT AMALEK.
Summary The central aim of this book is to attempt to determine the response of the classic texts of Jewish traditions to the famous dilemma posed in Plato's Euthyphro: Does God freely determine morality, or is morality independent of God?The author argues that the picture that emerges from Jewish texts is significantly more complex and nuanced than most of the contemporary Jewish philosophical literature is prepared to concede. While providing an extensive discussion of the perspective of Jewish tradition on divine command ethics, this book develops a position that is distinct.
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Subject Religious ethics.
Religious ethics.
Christian ethics.
Christian ethics.
Jewish ethics.
Jewish ethics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Harris, Michael J., 1964- Divine command ethics. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003 0415297699 (DLC) 2002042570 (OCoLC)51009463
ISBN 0203633938 (electronic book)
9780203633939 (electronic book)
9786610072842
6610072841
9780415297691
0415297699
0415297699 (Cloth)