id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8457 Jewish ethics - Wikipedia .html text/html 6704 929 65 Important sources of Jewish ethical law include Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (12th century) and Joseph Karo and Moses Isserles's Shulkhan Arukh (16th century), especially the section of that code titled "Choshen Mishpat." A wide array of topics on ethics are also discussed in medieval responsa literature. In the 20th and 21st centuries, liberal Reform and Reconstructionist rabbis have fostered novel approaches to Jewish ethics, for example in the writings of Eugene Borowitz and David Teutsch. Central virtues and principles in Jewish ethics[edit] Main article: Jewish business ethics In Judaism, extramarital sex is widely frowned upon.[34][35][36] Jewish ethics across denominations agrees that adultery and incestual relationships (Leviticus 18:6–23) are prohibited.[37] Main article: Jewish medical ethics Jewish war ethics are developed by Maimonides in his "Laws of Kings and their Wars," part of his Mishneh Torah. Further reading on Jewish ethics[edit] Categories: Jewish ethical law ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8457.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8457.txt