Compassion and Self-Concern in Halakhic Environmental Decision-Making
The prevailing stance in Jewish orthodoxy is that environmental issues are extra-legal and not under the purview of halakhah (Jewish law). While considered important, environmental protection falls only under “midat haḥasidut” (extraordinary piety). This ultimately translates into environmental prot...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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In: |
Worldviews
Year: 2022, Volume: 26, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 29-54 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Deuteronomium 20,19-20
/ Halacha
/ Environmental protection
/ Waste
/ Legality
/ Morals
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion BH Judaism FD Contextual theology HB Old Testament NBD Doctrine of Creation NCB Personal ethics NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics XA Law |
Further subjects: | B
waste not
B self-concerned environmentalism B extraordinary piety B environmental decision-making B Compassion B Deuteronomy 20:19 |
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