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  2. Divine command theory - Wikipedia

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    Stronger versions of the theory assert that God's command is the only reason that a good action is moral, while weaker variations cast divine command as a vital component within a greater reason. [4] The theory asserts that good actions are morally good as a result of divine command, and many religious believers subscribe to some form of divine ...

  3. Geneivat da'at - Wikipedia

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    Geneivat da'at or g'neivat daat or genebath da'ath (Hebrew: גניבת דעת, lit. 'theft of the mind', from Hebrew גנבה 'stealing' and דעת 'knowledge') is a concept in Jewish law and ethics that refers to a kind of dishonest misrepresentation or deception.

  4. Morality and religion - Wikipedia

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    For many religious people, morality and religion are the same or inseparable; for them either morality is part of religion or their religion is their morality. For others, especially for nonreligious people, morality and religion are distinct and separable; religion may be immoral or nonmoral, and morality may or should be nonreligious.

  5. Jewish principles of faith - Wikipedia

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    Jewish tradition mostly emphasizes free will, and most Jewish thinkers reject determinism, on the basis that free will and the exercise of free choice have been considered a precondition of moral life. [28] "Moral indeterminacy seems to be assumed both by the Bible, which bids man to choose between good and evil, and by the rabbis, who hold the ...

  6. Kav ha-Yashar - Wikipedia

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    Kav ha-Yashar (lit.The Just Measure; קב הישר), authored by Tzvi Hirsch Kaidanover (c. 1648 [citation needed] –1712), a rabbi at Frankfurt and son of Aaron Samuel Kaidanover, is an "ethical-kabbalistic collection of stories, moral guidance, and customs", [1] and one of the most popular [2] works of musar literature.

  7. Moral universalism - Wikipedia

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    Moral universalism (also called moral objectivism) is the meta-ethical position that some system of ethics, or a universal ethic, applies universally, that is, for "all similarly situated individuals", [1] regardless of culture, race, sex, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other distinguishing feature. [2]

  8. Joseph Telushkin - Wikipedia

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    More than two decades after its publication, the book remains a foundation text for Jews, non-Jews, and prospective converts alike. [5] The first volume of A Code of Jewish Ethics: You Shall Be Holy, which Telushkin regards as his major life's work, was published in 2006. It won the National Jewish Book Award for Jewish Book of the Year. [6]

  9. Jewish business ethics - Wikipedia

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    Jewish business ethics is a form of applied Jewish ethics that examines ethical issues that arise in a business environment. It is noted [ 1 ] that in the Torah , there are over 100 Mitzvot concerning the kashrut (fitness) of one's money, many more, in fact, than concerning the kashrut of food.