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Apr 16, 2024
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2017-2018 Academic Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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RELST 341 - Jewish Ethics
Credits: 4
A study of the ways that rabbinic Judaism is utilized by contemporary ethicists to challenge and stimulate thinking about what it might mean to be an ethical person in a post-modern age. In addition to examining conservative to liberal Jewish perspectives, we take a holistic approach that includes the views of Christian ethicists to illustrate commonalities and provide contrasts with a variety of Jewish ethical perspectives. Topics include abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia, ethics after the Holocaust, the ethics of exercising power, and other critical issues of our time.
Prerequisite: RELST 147 is recommended.
Distribution Requirements: HE, PD.
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