A philosophical retrospective
Subtitle: facts, values, and Jewish identity
By: Alan Montefiore
Series: Columbia themes in philosophy
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780231153003; 9780231526791
Description: This title looks at the conflict between two very different understandings of identity: the more traditional view that an identity carries with it certain duties and obligations, and an opposing view in which there can be no rationally compelling move from statements of fact to 'judgments of value'. According to this second view, individuals must take responsibility for determining their own values and obligations. The book illustrates through personal experience the practical implications of this characteristically philosophical debate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Facts and values; title: 2. Identity, responsibility, and belonging; title: 3. Jewish identity: choosing our Identity; title: 4. Jewish Identity: the universal and the particular; title: 5. Jewish identity: a purely secular version; title: 6. An attempt at pulling together some threads and an Inconclusive conclusion; title: 7. Some extended postscripts.