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“Posted in Ethics, Ruth by Joseph Kelly on January 26, 2012
The major scholarly works belonging to the “Old Testament Ethics” genre tend to create ethical constructs or systematic proposals for reading the Hebrew Bible with the goal being contemporary application. These constructs/proposals necessarily impose their modern aims and assumptions on the text, for better or for worse. These works are properly classified as prescriptive in nature”. More here.
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The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs sits down with Jeffry Sachs and discusses why he believes that “at the root of America’s economic crisis lies a moral crisis” and why he is charting a course to what he calls “a more mindful society”.
This article is excerpted from “Beyond Religion” by the Dalai Lama.
At TEDxSiliconValley, Damon Horowitz reviews the enormous new powers that technology gives us: to know more — and more about each other — than ever before. Drawing the audience into a philosophical discussion, Horowitz invites us to pay new attention to the basic philosophy — the ethical principles — behind the burst of invention remaking our world. Where’s the moral operating system that allows us to make sense of it?
Many of the Jewish faith will commence a period of self reflection as part of the Jewish New Year celebrations which begins this Wednesday evening.Part of that process of self reflection involves judging our own personality and includes moral and ethical concerns as well as the search for accuracy in judgments of our character. Jewish thinking and tradition on judging others is well developed .
I want to take this opportunity to wish a Happy New Year -Shana Tova to all of our community who will be engaged in the process of self-reflection and celebration.
In the afterward of the Toronto G20 summit there has been a good deal of discussion on the role of the police. Some are arguing the Toronto police could have done more. Others take the view that they should have done less. Emrys Westacott asks how the advent of a surveillance society affects people’s moral education and development, in an article written for Philosophy Now.
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we’re left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most.
Michael Sandel teaches political philosophy at Harvard.
This video speaks for itself
