Description: Further DetailsTitle: Judaism, Science, and Moral ResponsibilityCondition: NewISBN-10: 0742545962EAN: 9780742545960ISBN: 9780742545960Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/10/2005Description: Do human beings have free will? Are they genuinely responsible for their actions? These questions have persisted all through the history of philosophy, but in the 21st century they have become defined more sharply and clearly than ever. Indeed, a vivid and mighty tension underlies today's intellectual struggles over free will. On the one hand, the rapid advances of several empirical disciplines, notably neuropsychology and genetics, threaten our instinctive affirmation that free will and moral responsibility exist. On the other hand, the depth and force of our instincts-our powerful intuition that there is free will, that there is moral responsibility-present, for most people, an almost impenetrable barrier against the sweeping denial of free will suggested by empirical research. The papers in this volume address this tension from a dual vantage point. While drawing heavily upon traditional Jewish texts and teachings, they also offer a blend of scientific, philosophical, psychological, and social insights into this most mystifying of topics. In addition, they illuminate the concept of repentance, a transformation of character that ranks in much of Jewish literature as the highest expression of free will.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 228mmItem Length: 178mmItem Width: 25mmItem Weight: 476gContributor: David Shatz (Edited by), David Shatz (Contributions by), Michelle Friedman (Contributions by), Rachel Yehuda (Contributions by), Rivkah Teitz Blau (Contributions by), Haim Sompolinsky (Contributions by), Basil Herring (Contributions by), Yitzhak Berger (Edited by), Robert Pollack (Contributions by), Shalom Carmy (Contributions by), Moshe Halevi Spero (Contributions by)Genre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Orthodox Forum SeriesAuthor: David ShatzRelease Year: 2005 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Judaism, Science, and Moral Responsibility
Title: Judaism, Science, and Moral Responsibility
ISBN-10: 0742545962
EAN: 9780742545960
ISBN: 9780742545960
Release Date: 11/10/2005
Release Year: 2005
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Moshe Halevi Spero (Contributions by)
Series: Orthodox Forum Series
Book Title: Judaism, Science, and Moral Responsibility
Number of Pages: 316 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: Christian Life / General, Ethics, Judaism / General
Publication Year: 2005
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 16.8 Oz
Author: David Shatz
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 7 in
Book Series: The Orthodox Forum Ser.
Format: Perfect
