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Jonathan A. Jacobs

CUNY Graduate CenterJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)
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  • CUNY Graduate Center
    Department of Philosophy
    Regular Faculty
  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)
    Department of Philosophy
    Regular Faculty
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1983
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Areas of Specialization
Meta-Ethics
Philosophy of Law
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
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Meta-Ethics
Philosophy of Law
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
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    Law, Reason, and Morality in Medieval Jewish Philosophy: Saadia Gaon, Bahya ibn Pakuda, and Moses Maimonides
    Oxford University Press. 2010.
    A detailed study of the moral philosophy of medieval Jewish thinkers Saadia Gaon, Bahya ibn Pakuda, and Moses Maimonides. Jon Jacobs emphasizes their distinctive contributions, emphasises the shared rational emphasis of their approach to Torah, and draws out resonances with contemporary moral philosophy.
    MaimonidesJewish Ethics
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    Practical Wisdom, Objectivity and Relativism
    American Philosophical Quarterly 26 (3). 1989.
    Moral Character
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