[Avodah] trolley revisited

[Joel Rich]

Note to presenter
Enjoyed your piece on the trolley problem, it’s something I’ve thought a
lot about over the years.

A couple of comments:

One of the things I’ve thought a lot about is the characterization of
Chazal as being consequentialist or deontological, etc. I just wonder if we
are trying to put their thoughts into our paradigms or whether they had
their own different paradigm which was completely consistent with another
theory.

I also wonder about the Chazon Ish’s”maaseh hatzala” postion as to whether
it was driven by a totally rational analysis of the sources or whether much
like the Rav’s clergy/draft responsa, he had an innate sense of what the
answer should be, and then built a case for it

I certainly think that the innate sense would apply to the various
formulations of why war is different.

In any case, I think you did an excellent job of summarizing the various
opinions and approaches. Thanks and bsorot tovot


your thoughts?

Joel rich
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