| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxi, 218 pages ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-207) and index. |
| Summary |
Discusses the power of words to hurt and heal, looking at how people speak about and to others, and teaching how to incorporate ethical speech into everyday life. |
| Contents |
Part One: The unrecognized power of words -- 1. The unrecognized power of words -- Part Two: How we speak about others -- 2. The irrevocable damage inflicted by gossip -- 3. The lure of gossip -- 4. When, if ever, is it appropriate to reveal information that will humiliate or harm another? -- 5. Privacy and public figures -- Part Three: How we speak to others -- 6. Controlling rage and anger -- 7. Fighting fair -- 8. How to criticize, and how to accept rebuke -- 9. Between parents and children -- 10. The cost of public humiliation -- 11. Is lying always wrong? -- Part Four: Words that heal -- 12. Words that heal -- Part Five: What do we do now? -- 12. Incorporating the principles of ethical speech into daily life -- 14. Where Heaven and earth touch: a national "speak no evil" day. |
| Subject |
Oral communication -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Jewish ethics.
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Jewish ethics. (OCoLC)fst01199497
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Oral communication -- Moral and ethical aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01047010
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| ISBN |
0688124453 (acid-free paper) |
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9780688124458 (acid-free paper) |
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0688163505 |
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9780688163501 |
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0614970083 |
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9780614970081 |
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