[Avodah] R Zilberstein

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 10:28:53PM +0000, Rich, Joel via Avodah wrote:
: 2. the whole deflect the arrow (trolleyology) area of ethics seems
: underdeveloped in halacha.

As I noted here in the past, the Torah is deontological, rather than
consequentialist. IOW, the goal of the Torah's ethics is to minimize
the number of violators and depth of violation, nt the number of victims
and how badly they suffer. Focus on halakhah is consistent with that.

As are broader definitions of hashgachah peratis. I watch what I do,
let Hashem deal with how that impacts others.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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