Jewish Ethics

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A survey of major themes in the treatment of ethical issues as found in Jewish sources. Topics include the autonomy of ethics, the relationship of halakhah to ethics, supererogatory behavior, imitatio Dei, Jewish models of moral perfection, and applied moral problems such as lifeboat ethics, capital punishment and war. Emphasis is placed on the methodology of Jewish ethics as a discipline, and on close reading of sources, which include selections from biblical, talmudic, midrashic, halakhic, philosophic and ethical works.