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... society in which they live . If Judaism is to continue to speak to them as well as through them , the basic affirmations of the Jewish tradition will have to be examined anew alongside the fundamental assumptions of the wider society ...
... society in which they live . If Judaism is to continue to speak to them as well as through them , the basic affirmations of the Jewish tradition will have to be examined anew alongside the fundamental assumptions of the wider society ...
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... society those who at one time or another violate the laws and and mores in which that society has concretized its ethical intentions . Every society has therefore found it necessary not only to formulate laws and codes of behavior , but ...
... society those who at one time or another violate the laws and and mores in which that society has concretized its ethical intentions . Every society has therefore found it necessary not only to formulate laws and codes of behavior , but ...
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... society could not exist and he would himself ulti- mately suffer , is to ask him to build his life on two absolutely unreal- istic suppositions . 33 In the first place , enlightened self - interest would never counsel an individual ...
... society could not exist and he would himself ulti- mately suffer , is to ask him to build his life on two absolutely unreal- istic suppositions . 33 In the first place , enlightened self - interest would never counsel an individual ...
Contents
The Religious Component in the Secular | 35 |
Section 7 | 41 |
Preliminary Remarks | 51 |
Copyright | |
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