Moral Issues of the Marketplace in Jewish Law de Aaron Levine

Moral Issues of the Marketplace in Jewish Law: Stress Reduction Through a New Kind of Political Force

Aaron Levine

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 2005

"A striking combination of the wisdom of Jewish law and modern economics. In an age of business scandals and claims that universities neglect instilling moral values in their students, this extraordinary book serves a worthy purpose." Dr. Dennis Carlton, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business; Co-editor, The Journal of Law ߢEconomics ". . . Through his mastery of many disciplines, Rabbi Levine presents a Living Torah which gives constant direction through the vicissitudes of life. This exemplifies a genuine Sanctification of G-d's name [Kiddush Hashem]." Rabbi David Cohen, Rav of Congregation Gvul Yaabetz and Ohel Foster Homes

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Aaron Levine is the Samson and Halina Bitensky Professor of Economics at Yeshiva University. A Phi Beta Kappa at Brooklyn College, he earned his Ph.D. at New York University. He was ordained in Jewish civil and ritual law at the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School and is the spiritual leader of Brooklyns Young Israel of Avenue J.A noted authority on Jewish commercial law, Professor Levines research specialty is the interface between economics and Halakhah, especially as it relates to public policy and modern business practices. He has published widely on these issues, including four books and numerous monographs. His books include Free Enterprise and Jewish Law (1980); Economics and Jewish Law (1987); Economic Public Policy and Jewish Law (1993); and Case Studies in Jewish Business Ethics (2000).An associate editor of Tradition, Rabbi Levine also serves on an ad hoc basis on the Bet Din (rabbinical court) of the Rabbinical Council of America for disputes in monetary matters. Dr. Levine is a member of the World Jewish Academy of Science and the recipient of the Irving M. Bunim Prize for Jewish Scholarship. In 1982, he was respondent to Milton Friedman in the Liberty Fund symposium on the Morality of the Market.

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Rabbi Aaron Levine uses the real-world case study method he pioneered to confront moral dilemmas of the marketplace in the light of American law, secular business ethics, and Jewish law. Rabbi Levine covers the types of moral dilemmas that one encounters in everyday life in the roles of market participant and citizen. Economic analysis and public policy considerations are a feature of this work. From a deep understanding of the workings of applied Jewish Law, coupled with a keen sense of economics and the realities of today's complex business environment, this straightforward, hard-hitting book shows that secular scholarship and economic analysis open up vistas, nuances, and subtleties for cases discussed in ancient and modern Jewish law sources.The moral dilemmas in this work are organized topically. The topics include: professional ethics; fair competition; marketing ethics; labor relations; privacy issues; public policy; and ethical issues in the protection of property.A feature of this work is the appearance of moral dilemmas at the end of some of the chapters. The objective of these is to challenge the reader to analyze the problems based on the ethical norms presented in the chapter. Some of these problems have already been tested out in the author's classes at Yeshiva and Stern Colleges.