Conscience: The Duty to Obey and the Duty to Disobey

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church & State, Judaism
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Author: Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis ISBN: 9781580236423
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing Publication: October 1, 2008
Imprint: Jewish Lights Language: English
Author: Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
ISBN: 9781580236423
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Publication: October 1, 2008
Imprint: Jewish Lights
Language: English

This clarion call to rethink our moral and political behavior examines the idea of conscience and the role conscience plays in our relationships to government, law, ethics, religion, human nature and Godand to each other. From Abraham to Abu Ghraib, from the dissenting prophets to Darfur, Rabbi Harold Schulweis probes history, the Bible and the works of contemporary thinkers for ideas about both critical disobedience and uncritical obedience. By questioning religions capacityand willto break from mindless conformity, Rabbi Schulweis challenges us to counter our current suppressive culture of obedience with the culture of moral compassion, and to fulfill religions obligation to make room for and carry out courageous moral dissent.

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This clarion call to rethink our moral and political behavior examines the idea of conscience and the role conscience plays in our relationships to government, law, ethics, religion, human nature and Godand to each other. From Abraham to Abu Ghraib, from the dissenting prophets to Darfur, Rabbi Harold Schulweis probes history, the Bible and the works of contemporary thinkers for ideas about both critical disobedience and uncritical obedience. By questioning religions capacityand willto break from mindless conformity, Rabbi Schulweis challenges us to counter our current suppressive culture of obedience with the culture of moral compassion, and to fulfill religions obligation to make room for and carry out courageous moral dissent.

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