Sefer Ha-Hayim Blog: January 2006

Sefer Ha-Hayim Blog

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Charitable Competition

The Jewish Ethicist answers the following question based on Rabbi Aaron Levine's new book Moral Issues of the Marketplace in Jewish Law:

Q. I have a grocery store in a poor area, but lately I have been losing business due to a charity organization which is giving out food parcels. Is this ethical?

See here for the answer.

- posted by Gil Student @ 5:17 PM

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Ethics at Work

Rabbi Aaron Levine, author of Moral Issues of the Marketplace in Jewish Law, had a related article published in Jewish Action magazine that is now available online. Link to article (PDF)

- posted by Gil Student @ 2:44 PM

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Moral Issues in Jewish Action

Jewish Action magazine, Winter 2005 p. 35:

"Moral Issues of the Marketplace in Jewish Law is a massive work of scholarship."

- posted by Gil Student @ 8:45 AM

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Bargaining Ethics

Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir, author of The Jewish Ethicist column, gives high praise to Rabbi Aaron Levine's new book Moral Issues of the Marketplace in Jewish Law in his most recent column:

I have been asked this question many times, and I have always had difficulty formulating a convincing response. However, I am going to present here a fascinating analysis of the question by Rabbi Dr. Aaron Levine of Yeshiva University. Rabbi Levine's insights have been frequently quoted on this site. His new book Moral Issues of the Marketplace in Jewish Law includes an extensive section on the important yet neglected topic of negotiation ethics. In my opinion, this chapter is an important contribution not only to Jewish ethics but also to the entire business ethics literature.

(See full column here)

- posted by Gil Student @ 2:24 PM

Important Book on Jewish Jewish Ethics Released

Press release for Medicine and Jewish Law volume III available here.

- posted by Gil Student @ 1:56 PM