[Avodah] US Law and the 6 mitzvos bnei noach

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 02:11:58PM -0700, Harvey Benton wrote:
: i was wondering what your opinion was of the us supreme (and 
: regular court system) re: 7bnoach

I once argued that rights-based law is the best model humanity has come
up with yet for implementing the 7th mitzvah benei Noach, but also that
it's not the correct model for understanding halakhah -- not even the
other 6 mitzvos.

Beris is about joining together, in this case with HQBH, to work together
toward a common dream. This is a more exact fit with the legal systems
designed to bring about redemption (both personal and global).

For law itself, one's choices are rights vs duties. The rights based
law can decay (in unhealth) to a culture of entitlement. The duty
based law can decay into totaletarianism and other forms of oppression.
The latter is a bigger threat to the 7MBN, IMHO.

GCT!
-Micha

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