[Avodah] pikuach nefesh

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 06:35:06AM +0200, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote:
> R H Schacter and R A Weiss speak of pikuach nefesh as including
> non-immediate threats to life. Is there a materiality standard or does any
> decrease in life expectancy qualify?

When it comes to smoking and "shomer pesa'im Hashem" it is people
who follow the norms even when the can or should know better on an
intellectual level.

That's not about amount of life risked or probability of loss, but about
doing things that shorten life that most people in his society would
or wouldn't.

While that's about causing a risk, not mitigating one, it is 4 weeks
later and no one offered something closer to on topic.

So, maybe someone can argue why the same standard wouldn't apply or
why it would.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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