Judaism, Science, And Moral Responsibility

by Berger, Yitzhak; Shatz, David; Blau, Rivkah Teitz; Carmy, Shalom; Friedman, Michelle; Herring, Basil; Pollack, Robert; Shatz, David; Sompolinsky, Haim; Spero, Moshe Halevi; Yehuda, Rachel

• ISBN13: 9780742545953
• ISBN10: 0742545954
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-30
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Judaism, Science, and Moral Responsibility is the fourteenth conference volume in the Orthodox Forum Series. Current scientific and moral trends stress the need for greater sensitivity to human dignity, but at the same time challenge the very structure and sanctity of traditional Jewish norms. The contributors in this work explore the issues of Judaism, science, and Jewish moral principles in a manner that should be of interest to the layman and scholar alike. The Forum Series provides a valuable and relevant resource, bringing the insights of Jewish thinkers to the fore in a rapidly changing society.

Table of Contents

Orthodox Forum: Fourteenth Conference	vii
Series Editor's Introduction	xi
Introduction	1	(12)
Yitzhak Berger
David Shatz
Science, Free Will, and Jewish Thought
A Scientific Perspective on Human Choice	13	(32)
Haim Sompolinsky
Genetics and Morality	45	(9)
Robert Pollack
Is Matter All that Matters? Judaism, Free Will, and the Genetic and Neuroscientific Revolutions	54	(50)
David Shatz
Use It or Lose It: On the Moral Imagination of Free Will	104	(51)
Shalom Carmy
Personal Accountability and the Religious Community
Choice-Diminished Behavior and Religious-Communal Policy	155	(14)
Basil Herring
If an Abuser Cannot Control His Impulses, What Is the Responsibility of Other Adults in the Community? A Response to Basil Herring	169	(6)
Rivkah Teitz Blau
Psychological Perspectives on the Process of Repentance
Psychotherapy and Teshuvah: Parallel and Overlapping Systems for Change	175	(14)
Michelle Friedman
Rachel Yehuda
To Whom, to Where, and to When Does One ``Return'' in Teshuvah?	189	(104)
Moshe Halevi Spero
Index	293	(6)
About the Series Editor	299	(2)
About the Contributors	301