Moral Issues Of The Marketplace In Jewish Law

Product Description

By use of the case study method, this book presents and analyzes moral dilemmas of the marketplace from the perspective of American law, secular business ethics, and Jewish law. The types of moral dilemmas with which are dealt are those that one encounters in everyday life in the roles of market participant and citizen. Economic analysis and public policy considerations are a feature of this work. Topics include: professional ethics; fair competition; marketing ethics; labor relations; privacy issues; public policy; and ethical issues in the protection of property.

Review

Both student and scholar will glean new insights from the erudite analyses presented in this volume. —
Rabbi J. David Bleich, Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel le-Hora ah, Yeshivat Rabbenu Yitzchak Elchanan; Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; and Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law & Ethics, Yeshiva University

Both student and scholar will glean new insights from the erudite analyses presented in this volume. –Rabbi J. David Bleich, Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel le-Hora ah, Yeshivat Rabbenu Yitzchak Elchanan; Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; and Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law & Ethics, Yeshiva University

In an age of business scandals, this extraordinary book serves a worthy purpose. —
Dr. Dennis Carlton, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business; Co-Editor, The Journal of Law & Economics

In an age of business scandals, this extraordinary book serves a worthy purpose. –Dr. Dennis Carlton, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business; Co-Editor, The Journal of Law & Economics

In an age of business scandals, this extraordinary book serves a worthy purpose. –Dr. Dennis Carlton, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business; Co-Editor, The Journal of Law & Economics

From the Inside Flap

Rabbi Aaron Levine uses the real-world case study method he pioneered to confront moral dilemmas of the marketplace in the light of American law, secular business ethics, and Jewish law. Rabbi Levine covers the types of moral dilemmas that one encounters in everyday life in the roles of market participant and citizen. Economic analysis and public policy considerations are a feature of this work. From a deep understanding of the workings of applied Jewish Law, coupled with a keen sense of economics and the realities of today’s complex business environment, this straightforward, hard-hitting book shows that secular scholarship and economic analysis open up vistas, nuances, and subtleties for cases discussed in ancient and modern Jewish law sources.The moral dilemmas in this work are organized topically. The topics include: professional ethics; fair competition; marketing ethics; labor relations; privacy issues; public policy; and ethical issues in the protection of property.A feature of this work is the appearance of moral dilemmas at the end of some of the chapters. The objective of these is to challenge the reader to analyze the problems based on the ethical norms presented in the chapter. Some of these problems have already been tested out in the author’s classes at Yeshiva and Stern Colleges.

About the Author

Aaron Levine is the Samson and Halina Bitensky Professor of Economics at Yeshiva University. A Phi Beta Kappa at Brooklyn College, he earned his Ph.D. at New York University. He was ordained in Jewish civil and ritual law at the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School and is the spiritual leader of Brooklyn’s Young Israel of Avenue J. A noted authority on Jewish commercial law, Professor Levine’s research specialty is the interface between economics and Halakhah, especially as it relates to public policy and modern business practices. He has published widely on these issues, including four books and numerous monographs. His books include Free Enterprise and Jew