Category Archives: Ethics

The Difficulties of Being a Moral Leader in an Unjust World

I just Googled "Moral Leader" and found out I was number ten in Google. Here’s the number two result: Jim Sterba, professor of philosophy at University of Notre Dame, gave this presentation at a panel on Global Ethical Leadership, May … Continue reading

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‘When You Do A Good Deed, Do It In A Way That Makes Your Jewishness Recognizable’

That’s Rabbi Joseph Telushkin’s advice in his new book A Code of Jewish Ethics. He mentions Jews campaigning for civil rights for blacks in the 1960s and how groovy it was that some of them wore yarmulkes, which Reform Rabbi … Continue reading

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An Obsession With Ethics

I fell in love with Judaism because Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin presented it to me (through their writings and lectures and media appearances) as a step-by-step system for making a better world. They said Judaism embodied ethical monotheism — … Continue reading

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