Determinism and Free Will: A Reply to Shore
June 17, 2024
Arguments that tie subjective notions of morality to the measure of brain function are fraught with pitfalls.
Max Buckler is an expat and member of the United Jewish Congregation of Hong Kong. His writing in the field of bioethics has been published in journals such as the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, Current Sexual Health Reports, and theIJIR (the sexual medicine journal of Nature). Max also currently serves as director of strategic initiatives for Bruchim.
Arguments that tie subjective notions of morality to the measure of brain function are fraught with pitfalls.
The Torah doesn’t steer people away from slavery; it merely regulates the “lawful” treatment of human property.
We must ask the hard questions because that is the wisest thing we can do.
The progressive rabbinate will have to contend with the ritual for what it is: the foundational act of Jewish patriarchy marked by a blood sacrifice performed on a child.
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