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Recovering Jewish virtue ethics621 views
Author
Nelkin, Dov Adam, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia
Advisors
Childress, James, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia
Ochs, Peter, AS-Religious Studies, University of Virginia
Abstract
This dissertation studies the evidence of a rabbinic concern for character, focusing on three goals. First, it serves as a corrective to studies of Jewish ethics that focus exclusively on act evaluation. Second, it demonstrates the importance of ethics to the general field of Jewish studies and especially to the study of rabbinic texts. Third, after a critical examination of the field of contemporary virtue ethics and its Aristotelian antecedents, this dissertation suggests that rabbinic ethics provides a new and valuable voice that needs to be heard within the field of virtue ethics.
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Degree
PHD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Nelkin, Dov Adam. Recovering Jewish virtue ethics. University of Virginia, Department of Religious Studies, PHD (Doctor of Philosophy), 2004-01-01, https://doi.org/10.18130/v3-03sb-3q31.
