ethical thinkers

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• ETHICAL LITERATURE — (Heb. סִפְרוּת הַמּוּסָר, sifrut ha musar). There is no specific ethical literature as such in the biblical and talmudic period insofar as a systematic formulation of Jewish ethics is concerned. Even the wisdom literature of the Bible, though… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Ethical naturalism — (also called moral naturalism or naturalistic cognitivistic definism[1]) is the meta ethical view which claims that: Ethical sentences express propositions. Some such propositions are true. Those propositions are made true by objective features… …   Wikipedia

• Felix Adler (Society for Ethical Culture) — Felix Adler (August 13, 1851 ndash;April 24, 1933) was a Jewish rationalist intellectual, popular lecturer, religious leader and social reformer who founded the Ethical Culture movement. Chronology He was born in Alzey, Germany, the son of a… …   Wikipedia

• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — PETA redirects here. For other uses, see Peta (disambiguation). Founder(s) Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco …   Wikipedia

• List of thinkers influenced by deconstruction — This is a list of notable thinkers that have been influenced by deconstruction. NOTOC The thinkers included in this list are published and satisfy at least one of the three following additional criteria: he or she has * written about… …   Wikipedia

• ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …   Universalium

• Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher — (pronounced|ˈʃlaɪɐmaxɐ) (November 21, 1768 ndash; February 12, 1834) was a German theologian and philosopher known for his impressive attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional Protestant orthodoxy. He was also… …   Wikipedia

• japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …   Universalium

• Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …   Universalium

• TECHNOLOGY AND HALAKHAH — Halakhah deals with the prescription of the behavior of the individual, the family, the community, and a Jewish state. It encompasses all the actions in one s life. It sets forth both the principles and the guidelines along which day to day… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Plato — (Aflatun) (429–347 bce)    Although Greek philosophy had a profound formative effect upon classical Islamic philosophy, Plato’s particular influence was considerably less distinct here than it was in theWest. There are at least two reasons for… …   Islamic philosophy dictionary