[Avodah] Reporting Child Abuse - A Clarification

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:43:01PM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: I don't understand what "Western Civ as tools for qedushah" has to do
: with any of this. There's no logical connection that I can find between
: the first paragraph and the second.

: As I see it, both have the same top priority: protect the public. The
: main difference between the two, as the first paragraph explained so
: well, is that the RCA trusts the individual to decide, and the Agudah
: is afraid that if the public has this permission, witch hunts may ensue,
: causing more damage than the non-reporting might.

My point was the MO, which sees the offerings of secular professionals as
tools first and risks second is more likely to find it acceptable to rely
on the civil authorities' standards of plausibility and unacceptible
risk. Whereas the Agudah perforce has to put a rav in between the
indvidual and following those norms.

The emphasis on autonomy is also a leshitasam issue.

I'm trying to say that the differences between the RCA's and Agudah's
positions reflects their differing hashkafos in a broad sense. Even
with perfectly identical priorities, this difference in recommendation
would emerge.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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