Synopses & Reviews
This JPS ethics series deals with some of the most critical moral issues of our time. How do we use power once we've gained it? Is it completely for our individual benefit, or do we use it to help our neighborhoods, or society at-large? What kinds of decisions must CEOs and business owners make regarding suppliers and customers? How should bosses treat workers? Teachers treat students? Parents treat children? Government treats citizens? Power dynamics affect people on a political level, a social level, and a deeply personal level as well. The newest volume in the Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices series examines these dynamics and includes essays by such fine contributors as U.S. Representative Henry Waxman, NBC Universal Television-West Coast President Marc Graboff, and author and scholar James Diamond.
Synopsis
The dynamics of power can affect people on political, social, and deeply personal levels. This newest volume in the Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices series examines these dynamics and asks readers to consider some difficult moral issues: How do we avoid the temptation to use power chiefly for our own advantage? How should bosses treat workers? Teachers treat students? Government treat citizens?
About the Author
Elliot N. Dorff, co-editor of all volumes in the series, is rector and Sol and Anne Dorff Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the American Jewish University. He has written 12 books, including three award-winning titles on Jewish ethics. Since 1984, Dorff has served on the Rabbinical Assembly’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, currently as its chair. Louis E. Newman, co-editor of the Power, Body, and Money volumes is the John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies and the director of Judaic studies at Carleton College. Newman is the author of Past Imperatives: Studies in the History and Theory of Jewish Ethics (1998).
Table of Contents
Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: Case Studies and Jewish Sources First Case Study: Body Weight and Diet Choices Questions Traditional Jewish Sources on Care of the Body Relevant to all Cases Traditional Sources for First Case Study Contemporary Sources Second Case Study: Tattoos Questions Traditional Sources for Second Case Study Contemporary Sources Third Case Study: High Risk Behavior Questions Traditional Sources for Third Case Study Contemporary Sources Part 2: Symposium Modern Jewish Views of the Body A Body of Laws: Traditional Texts Speak to Contemporary Problems Abraham J. Twerski Reclaiming Dignity, Freedom, Health: The Jewish Body in America Miriyam Glazer Bodies on Loan: The Ethics of Renting a Body Adam Goodkind Men's Bodies, Women's Bodies Reflections of an Athlete Lenny Krayzelburg Circumcisional Circumstances: Circumspecting the Jewish Male Body Harry Brod Circumcision: The Medical Imperative Accompanying the Religious Imperative Samuel A. Kunin Judaism, Body Image, and Food Lori Hope Lefkovitz Reclaiming the Body: Anorexia and Bulimia in the Jewish Community Judith Rabinor Physicians' Perspectives Destas Heart: A Difficult Case of Caring Judith Levitan Helping the Healer of Israel: Perspectives of a Jewish Physician Robert S. Karasov Jews and Tattoos Kosher Ink: The Emerging World of Tattooed Jews Andy Abrams Lynns Tattoo Rebecca T. Alpert Part 3: Conclusion Our Bodies, Our Selves, Our Values Glossary Suggestions for further reading Editors and Contributors Index