Modern Musar: Contested Virtues in Jewish Thought Claussen Geoffrey D.
Modern Musar: Contested Virtues in Jewish Thought Claussen Geoffrey D. How do modern Jews understand virtues such as courage, humility, justice, solidarity, or love? This groundbreaking anthology of…
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Modern Musar: Contested Virtues in Jewish Thought Claussen Geoffrey D.
How do modern Jews understand virtues such as courage, humility, justice, solidarity, or love? This groundbreaking anthology of musar (Jewish traditions regarding virtue and character) explores the diverse ways seventy-eight modern Jewish thinkers understand ten virtues: honesty and love of truth; curiosity and inquisitiveness; humility; courage and valor; temperance and self-restraint; gratitude; forgiveness; love, kindness, and compassion; solidarity and social responsibility; and justice and righteousness. In truth: they have fiercely debated how to interpret them.
The juxtaposition of their views, complemented by Geoffrey Claussen's These thinkers--from the Musar movement to Hasidism to contemporary Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Renewal, Humanist, and secular Jews--often agree on the importance of these virtues but fundamentally disagree in their conclusions.