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Program 689: Jewish Virtues and the Good Life

A debate on whether Judaism commits one to certain specifics of virtue and the good life which are grounded in fundamental religious experience and vision or if it should instead be viewed as a developmental, problem-solving religion which, given new sets of circumstances, continuously creates the notion of the good life that is livable. Featuring Jerald Brauer, John Cogley, Haim Cohn, Alfred Gottschalk, David Weiss Halivni, Jacob Petuchowski, Philip Rieff, Lord Ritchie-Calder, Ellis Rivkin, Nathan Rotenstreich, Joseph Schwab, and R.J. Zwi Werblowski. Jewish Traditions V. Sept. 12, 1973. [CSDI program number 689; UCSB tape numbers A8381/R7, A8382/R7, A8383/R7, A8384/R7]

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The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.

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