Jewish Ethics as Dialogue Using Spiritual Language to Re-Imagine a Better World

by Pava, Moses

• ISBN13: 9780230618886
• ISBN10: 023061888X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book argues that Jewish values are not fixed propositions embedded in written form that can be easily handed off from one generation to the next. Rather, they are necessarily the product of contemporary Jewish minds. Moses L. Pava provides a model for the appropriate use of religious and spiritual values in one's personal and organizational lives, emphasizing respect for individual autonomy, pluralism, and democracy, and a deep regard for other moral traditions. Although written from inside the Jewish tradition, the work's lessons can be extended for beyond. In imagining Jewish ethics as a kind of dialogue, Pava examines several issues ranging from the appropriate role of wealth, how to engage in conversations with the "new atheists." the most appropriate metaphors for the global economy, and how to speak about spirituality with others who might not share one's own worldviews. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Moses L. Pava is Professor of Accounting and Alvin Einbender Professor of Business Ethics at the Sy Syms School of Business, Yeshiva University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Jewish Ethics as Dialogue
The Case for Dialogue	p. 3
Increasing Moral Capital through Moral Imagination	p. 19
The Art of Ethical Dialogue	p. 35
Spirituality and Dialogue in the Contemporary World
Intelligent Spirituality in Business	p. 59
Spirituality in (and out) of the Classroom	p. 91
Listening to the Anxious Atheists	p. 107
Applications of Jewish Ethics as Dialogue
Beyond the Flat World Metaphor	p. 137
Dialogue as a Restraint on Wealth	p. 147
The Limits of Dialogue	p. 155
Appendix: An Invitation to Dialogue	p. 167
Notes	p. 181
Bibliography	p. 183
Index	p. 189
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