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Authors: Lenn Evan Goodman
ISBN-13: 9780195118346, ISBN-10: 0195118340
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: December 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Lenn Evan Goodman

Vanderbilt University

Book Synopsis

Following on the heels of his critically acclaimed God of Abraham (Oxford, 1996), Lenn E. Goodman here focuses on rights, their grounding in the deserts of beings, and the dignity of persons. In an incisive contemporary dialogue between reason and revelation, Goodman argues for ethical standards and public policies that respect human rights and support the preservation of all beings: animals, plants, econiches, species, habitats, and the monuments of nature and culture. Immersed in the Jewish and philosophical sources, Goodmans argument ranges from the fetus in the womb to the modern nation state, from the problems of pornography and tobacco advertising to the rights of parents and children, individuals and communities, the powerful and powerless—the most ancient and the most immediate problems of human life and moral responsibility. Guided by the probing argumentation that Goodman lays out with distinctive, often poetic clarity, the reader will emerge enlightened and prepared to respond with intelligence and commitment to the sobering moral challenges of the coming century. This is a book for anyone concerned with law, ethics, and the human prospect.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
1The Idea of Deserts3
2Judaism and Human Rights49
3Abortion and the Emergence of Life79
4On Liberty Reconsidered98
5The Rights and Wrongs of Nations137
Notes162
Bibliography181
Index of Citations185
General Index192

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