[Avodah] Tzinius and the ILG

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, February 27, 2007 2:06 pm, R Michael Kopinsky wrote:
: If I may modify that slightly: "any notions we have that slavery is
: INHERENTLY immoral are contrary to the moral compass of the Torah."  I
: think that the fact that the Torah permits slavery indicate that it is not
: INHERENTLY problematic....

Sometimes parents have to choose their battles. That's the eishes yefas to'ar
principle.

Second, sometimes you have to permit the least of evils.

Permission doesn't imply a lack of inherent problem, because the threshold
isn't zero. It only implies that in those situations there are greater
problems with prohibiting.

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

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