(See the Introduction to the collection for more background information.) DSS texts are identified by a number and letter combination, indicating the cave from which they were recovered: 1Q indicates the text was found in Qumran cave 1; 4Q means found in Qumran cave 4.
ETHICS IN A NUTSHELL. Ethics: A branch of philosophy that comes from the Greek word ethos (ÎµÎ¸Î¿Ï ) meaning habit or custom. In common English usage, it refers to a code or set of principles by which people live righteously. Ethics are the principles that regulate a just society and prescribe how one ought to behave.
Critical Theory. Critical Theory has a narrow and a broad meaning in philosophy and in the history of the social sciences. âCritical Theoryâ in the narrow sense designates several generations of German philosophers and social theorists in the Western European Marxist tradition known as the Frankfurt School.