Freedom and Respect in Jewish Ethics

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Freedom and Respect in Jewish Ethics is written by Kim Treiger-Bar-Am and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1793637709 (ISBN 10) and 9781793637703 (ISBN 13).

This book explores the norms we have and where we want to go with them. The project began by asking people what they think is the central value in society today. The responses point to notions of what seems “right” to people. We can move forward with these intuitions about the main tenet of our moral lives. Respondents named values regarding freedom of the Self, and concern for the Other. Indeed with freedom, we can respect others. And we must. People’s lives are intertwined, and so freedom as a concept cannot be understood without taking account of this reality. The author suggests that the value to be taken as central is the moral freedom of respect. It ought to guide us in designing the society we want to build. The law can be a bridge towards that normative world. Jewish ethics may illuminate the path.