Judaism: Dialogue with Ethics

What Judaism: Dialogue with Ethics covers

Judaism: how ethical studies and the tradition have shaped one another. Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Judaism as their chosen religion.

The 10 subtopics

Each one has its own page.

• Kant, Bentham and Jewish EthicsRecall questions on Kant's categorical imperative and duty and how Jewish ethics shares yet differs from it, and on teleological ethics, Bentham's principle of utility and the factors of the hedonic calculus.Open →
• Consequences, Character and Jewish EthicsRecall questions on teleological elements such as pikuach nephesh, virtue ethics beside middot, imitatio Dei and Maimonides' mean, and why Jewish ethics and the Beth Din resist a single framework.Open →
• The Mitzvot and Tikkun OlamRecall questions on why the mitzvot look deontological, how the 613 reflect that framework, and why tikkun olam suggests Jewish ethics is not purely so.Open →
• Sanctity of Life, Animals, Theft and LyingRecall questions on pikuach nefesh, b'tzelem Elohim, euthanasia and abortion, tza'ar ba'alei chayim and shechitah, and geneivat da'at, lying for the sake of peace and lashon hara.Open →
• Capital Punishment, Euthanasia and Cloning in JudaismJewish responses to capital punishment, euthanasia and cloning, from the Torah and the rabbis' restrictions on execution to Israel's abolition, the laws of the goses, Reform and Orthodox views, and genetic screening.Open →
• Marriage, Sexuality and Genetic EngineeringRecall questions on kiddushin and the ketubah, Orthodox and Progressive views of same-sex relationships, Leviticus 18:22 and transgender issues, and shutafut and playing God in genetic engineering.Open →
• Wealth, Tolerance and Religious Freedom in JudaismJewish teaching on wealth and tzedakah, including Maimonides' levels of giving, the basis for tolerance in the Noahide laws and the command to love the stranger, and modern cases on freedom of religious expression.Open →
• Bechirah Chofshit: Free Will and ConscienceRecall questions on bechirah chofshit, Deuteronomy 30:19 and Maimonides on foreknowledge, the yetzer ha-tov and yetzer ha-ra, teshuvah and responsibility, and the limited authority of conscience.Open →
• Other Ethical Traditions and Jewish EthicsRecall questions on the challenges posed by utilitarianism and Kantian ethics and on the support natural law theory can lend.Open →
• What Ethical Criticism Means for Torah and HalakhaRecall questions on the implications of criticism for the status of Torah and claims about halakha, and the benefit when other traditions agree.Open →

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1. 1

   What is the basis for judging the morality of an action in deontological ethics?

   Model answer

   Deontological ethics judges morality based on the action's adherence to rules or duties rather than its consequences.

2. 2

   According to Kant, what does the categorical imperative require regarding the universalisability of actions?

   Model answer

   The categorical imperative commands that actions must be universalisable, one should act only according to principles that could become universal laws for everyone.

3. 3

   How does Kant's categorical imperative require us to treat humanity?

   Model answer

   It requires treating humanity always as an end in itself, never merely as a means to an end.

4. 4

   What motivation did Kant argue must underlie genuinely moral actions?

   Model answer

   Kant argued that moral actions must be performed from duty alone, not from inclination or self-interest.

5. 5

   In what way does Jewish ethics share deontological features with Kantian ethics?

   Model answer

   Jewish ethics emphasises obedience to divine commandments (mitzvot) as moral duties, similar to Kant's emphasis on duty-based morality.

6. 6

   What is the key difference between the source of moral duties in Kantian deontology and Jewish ethics?

   Model answer

   Jewish moral duties derive from divine command, whereas Kantian duties derive from autonomous human reason.

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What does Judaism: Dialogue with Ethics cover in AQA A-Level Religious Studies?

10 subtopics: kant, bentham and jewish ethics, consequences, character and jewish ethics, the mitzvot and tikkun olam, sanctity of life, animals, theft and lying, capital punishment, euthanasia and cloning in judaism, marriage, sexuality and genetic engineering, wealth, tolerance and religious freedom in judaism, bechirah chofshit: free will and conscience, other ethical traditions and jewish ethics and what ethical criticism means for torah and halakha. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is Judaism: Dialogue with Ethics organised?

By the AQA 7062 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.