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A Reply, Daniel Statman
Response To Daniel Statman, Menachem Kellner
Response To Daniel Statman, Menachem Kellner
Journal of Textual Reasoning
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Reframing Professor Statman’S Inquiry: From History To Culture, Mark Rosen
Reframing Professor Statman’S Inquiry: From History To Culture, Mark Rosen
Journal of Textual Reasoning
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Introduction, Samuel Fleischacker
Halakha And Morality: A Few Methodological Considerations, Daniel Statman
Halakha And Morality: A Few Methodological Considerations, Daniel Statman
Journal of Textual Reasoning
This paper argues that the current discussion on the relationship between morality and halakha tends to confuse philosophical, historical, ideological and jurisprudential issues. It claims that the philosophical question of whether or not morality is dependent on religion should be separated from the historical question of how Jewish thinkers perceived the relationship between divine command and morality and from the question of the actual role played by moral considerations in the history of halakha. Similarly, the jurisprudential question regarding the formalistic nature of the law should be separated from the internal, halakhic question regarding the weight that should be assigned …