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The Virtue Ethics of Levi Gersonides

Autor Alexander Green
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 iul 2018
This book argues that Levi Gersonides articulates a unique model of virtue ethics among medieval Jewish thinkers. Gersonides is recognized by scholars as one of the most innovative Jewish philosophers of the medieval period. His first model of virtue is a response to the seemingly capricious forces of luck through training in endeavor, diligence, and cunning aimed at physical self-preservation. His second model of virtue is altruistic in nature. It is based on the human imitation of God as creator of the laws of the universe for no self-interested benefit, leading humans to imitate God through the virtues of loving-kindness, grace, and beneficence. Both these models are amplified through the institutions of the kingship and the priesthood, which serve to actualize physical preservation and beneficence on a larger scale, amounting to recognition of the political necessity for a division of powers.  
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319821924
ISBN-10: 331982192X
Pagini: 195
Ilustrații: XXIII, 195 p. 1 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Introduction.- 2. Luck and the Virtues of Physical Preservation.- 3. Altruism and the Beneficent Virtues.- 4. Justice and the Practical Wisdom of the Individual.- 5. The Ethics of Divided Political Institutions: King, Priest, and Prophet.- 6. Conclusion. 


Notă biografică

Alexander Green is Assistant Professor in the Department of Jewish Thought at SUNY University at Buffalo, USA. He completed his PhD at the University of Toronto, Canada, in the Department for the Study of Religion and his MA in Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. His research focuses on medieval Jewish philosophy, ethics, and the history of biblical interpretation.

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This book argues that Levi Gersonides articulates a unique model of virtue ethics among medieval Jewish thinkers. Gersonides is recognized by scholars as one of the most innovative Jewish philosophers of the medieval period. His first model of virtue is a response to the seemingly capricious forces of luck through training in endeavor, diligence, and cunning aimed at physical self-preservation. His second model of virtue is altruistic in nature. It is based on the human imitation of God as creator of the laws of the universe for no self-interested benefit, leading humans to imitate God through the virtues of loving-kindness, grace, and beneficence. Both these models are amplified through the institutions of the kingship and the priesthood, which serve to actualize physical preservation and beneficence on a larger scale, amounting to recognition of the political necessity for a division of powers.

Caracteristici

Fills a gap in existing scholarship by exploring Levi Gersonides' ethics and politics Introduces English readers to Levi Gersonides' hermeneutical method and philosophic model and provides access to his biblical commentaries for the first time (in English) Represents a unique and substantive contribution to scholarship on medieval Judaism and contemporary virtue ethics