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The banality of good and evil : moral lessons from the Shoah and Jewish tradition

Title: The banality of good and evil : moral lessons from the Shoah and Jewish tradition / David R. Blumenthal ; foreword by James W. Fowler.
Author: Blumenthal, David R.
Publication: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 1999.

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Description

viii, 326 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Moral traditions & moral arguments

Uniform Title

Moral traditions & moral arguments.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Contents

1. Roadmap -- Pt. 1. The Descriptive-Analytic Task. 2. The Field. 3. Hierarchy and Role. 4. Teaching and Praxis. 5. Childhood Discipline and Personality -- Pt. 2. The Prescriptive-Normative Task. 6. Transition. 7. The Affections and Value-Concepts of the Prosocial Life. 8. Do This -- Pt. 3. The Voice of Jewish Tradition. 9. The Tradition and the Problem. 10. Some Jewish Prosocial Value-Concepts. 11. Stories of Resistance and Goodness. 12. Teachings of Resistance and Goodness. 13. Four Case Studies. 14. Hierarchy, Authority, and Autonomy in Teaching Judaism. App. A. The New Ethical Code of the IDF -- App. B. The Ten Commandments of the Solomon Schechter Day School Community -- App. C. The 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action (The Einstein Institute) -- App. D. Six Steps for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center) -- App. E. Six Principles of Nonviolence (The King Center) -- App. F. List of Prosocial Resources on the Web --
App. G. Syllabus for "The Problem of Evil" -- App. H. Social Action Rabbinics Curriculum: Na'aseh ve-Nishma' -- App. I. Introduction to Holocaust and Human Behavior.

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98043090

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Columbia University Libraries