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tion is that it advances the agent's welfare . Hence the concept of justice , from the secular point of view , is a cogent rationalization of an intention only when thereby the agent's welfare is advanced . But when the administration ...
tion is that it advances the agent's welfare . Hence the concept of justice , from the secular point of view , is a cogent rationalization of an intention only when thereby the agent's welfare is advanced . But when the administration ...
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tion . There is , in the first place , the very clear and oft - repeated biblical promise of mundane reward for obedience to God and of punishment for failure to obey . " If you walk in My statutes , and keep My commandments and do them ...
tion . There is , in the first place , the very clear and oft - repeated biblical promise of mundane reward for obedience to God and of punishment for failure to obey . " If you walk in My statutes , and keep My commandments and do them ...
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tion of the lex talionis , which undoubtedly took place generations , if not centuries , before the days of the Rabbis whose discussion is recorded in the Talmud , was not validated at that time by reference to any specific biblical ...
tion of the lex talionis , which undoubtedly took place generations , if not centuries , before the days of the Rabbis whose discussion is recorded in the Talmud , was not validated at that time by reference to any specific biblical ...
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| Title | The Ethical in the Jewish and American Heritage Volume 4 of Moreshet series : studies in Jewish history, literature and thought Volume 4 of Moreshet series |
| Author | Simon Greenberg |
| Publisher | Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0873340027, 9780873340021 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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