Law, Reason, and Morality, in Medieval Jewish Philosophy Sadia Gaon, Bahya ibn Pakuda, and Moses Maimonides
by Jacobs, Jonathan-
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Author Biography
Jonathan Jacobs is Director of The Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Athens, Jerusalem, and Jewish Moral Thought | p. 10 |
| The philosophical context of the project | p. 10 |
| The rationalism of Jewish thought | p. 14 |
| The relevance of Athens and Jerusalem | p. 19 |
| The rationalism of Jewish tradition | p. 30 |
| The significance of covenant | p. 36 |
| Freedom of the Will, Covenant, and Moral Capability | p. 39 |
| The essential role of free will | p. 39 |
| Aristotle on voluntariness and responsibility for character | p. 42 |
| Some considerations of moral epistemology | p. 46 |
| The scope of moral capacity: the contrast with Kant | p. 50 |
| Specific arguments for free will | p. 54 |
| The challenge of the hardening of Pharaoh's heart | p. 67 |
| An important contrast with Plato and Aristotle | p. 69 |
| Moral Psychology, Revelation, and Virtue | p. 76 |
| The basis and significance of gratitude | p. 77 |
| Some contrasts with Aristotle's moral psychology | p. 80 |
| The phronimos and the Law as measures of excellence | p. 88 |
| The decisive difference made by repentance | p. 93 |
| The role of rebuke and the importance of community | p. 102 |
| Jewish Moral Thought and Practical Wisdom | p. 107 |
| Aristotle's conception of practical wisdom as a basis for comparison | p. 107 |
| The 'reasons of the commandments' and moral epistemology | p. 112 |
| The nature of moral motivation | p. 128 |
| The historical dimension of perfection | p. 131 |
| Requirements, Ideals, and Moral Motivation | p. 136 |
| Torah and fundamental principles | p. 136 |
| Lifnim mishurat hadin and imitatio Dei | p. 139 |
| Divine command: the issues of voluntarism and heteronomy | p. 145 |
| Judaism and Natural Law | p. 155 |
| Stoic roots of natural law | p. 155 |
| Several background considerations | p. 161 |
| Aristotle and natural law | p. 163 |
| Natural law and theism | p. 169 |
| Two interpretations of the Thomistic conception of natural law | p. 172 |
| Scotus and natural law | p. 182 |
| 'The Reasons of the Commandments' and Natural Law | p. 186 |
| Fundamental principles and codification | p. 187 |
| A case against interpreting Jewish moral thought as involving natural law | p. 190 |
| A case for finding natural law in Jewish moral thought | p. 197 |
| Different considerations against the natural law interpretation | p. 206 |
| Some differences between the Jewish and Christian contexts | p. 210 |
| Reason, commandments, and natural law | p. 213 |
| Bibliography | p. 222 |
| Index | p. 227 |
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