[Avodah] Knowledge of Good and Bad

[David Riceman]

From: <kennethgmiller at juno.com>

> That's the point I'm trying to underscore, and I do not think that it
> contradicts the Rambam or anyone else. That Adam and Chava understood
> good and bad even before eating from the tree. And then, after eating
> from the tree, they suddenly gained a new insight, that even though
> something is "good" -- for example, pleasurable -- it might still
> be "wrong" -- that is, *morally* wrong, improper, evil.

How do you answer the Rambam's kasha: how could Adam and Hava benefit from 
sinning?

David Riceman