Judaism and Modernity

Ethics as Character Development

Jewish texts, traditions, and practices define our obligations to one another and help us live more meaningful Jewish lives.
Rabbi Gordon Tucker is a former Research Fellow in the Kogod Research Center at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement at the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Is there an ethic of friendship? What are the views on ethics of the rabbinic text Pirkei Avot, its Greek antecedents, and its extension in the thought of Maimonides?

In a three-part series, Three Aspects of an Ethic of Friendship, Gordon Tucker explores Jewish texts, traditions, and practices that define our obligations to one another and help us live more meaningful Jewish lives.

Other sessions in this series:

  • The Essence and Ethics of Humility
  • Compassion – An Emulation of God’s Friendship

This series is part of Ideas for Today, curated courses by Hartman Institute scholars on the big Jewish ideas of this moment.

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