Judaism, Human Rights, and Human Values

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Judaism, Human Rights, and Human Values is written by Lenn E. Goodman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1280471115 (ISBN 10) and 9781280471117 (ISBN 13).

In this important addition to the field of Jewish ethics, Goodman argues forcefully that the Jewish tradition has a significant contribution to make to the general discourse on ethical issues. After refuting the notion that "human rights" is a purely modern notion, Goodman traces the idea of such rights to its key biblical sources. He goes on to consider the works of medieval thinkers like Saadiah Goan and Moses Maimonides and then applies these and other foundational texts to such contemporary social and political issues as capital punishment, suicide, welfare, pornography, abortion, and nationalism.