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Category: Ethics
How To Live A Morally Good Life
The moral life, with its choices, its responsibilities, its missteps, and its modes of repair, is an integral part of what it means to be ...
Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, Ph.D.
September 17, 2024
Ethics
High Holidays
Halakha and the Assessment of Risk
Halakha can be used for the assessment of risk; this can be relevant for pikuach nefesh (saving a life) or kashrut.
Rabbi Avram Israel Reisner
September 7, 2023
Ethics
Every Day
Ethical Approaches to Advertising: A Jewish Perspective
The responsibility of sellers to enact ethical advertising of their products is equal to, if not greater than that of the careful consumer.
Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal
,
The Observant Life (Book)
May 25, 2023
Business Ethics
Commerce
A Jewish Lens on Investing and Gambling
What special ethical concerns arise as the distinction between company owners and customers is blurred by equity investment?
Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal
,
The Observant Life (Book)
May 25, 2023
Business Ethics
Commerce
Talmudic Discussions on Monopolies
Where a monopoly offers a clear benefit to consumers, Jewish tradition does sanction them on a closely regulated basis.
Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal
,
The Observant Life (Book)
May 24, 2023
Business Ethics
Commerce
Honesty in Business
The laws that govern commerce aim to prevent the unscrupulous transfer of property or money from its rightful possessor to another person.
Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal
,
The Observant Life (Book)
May 24, 2023
Business Ethics
Commerce
Shopping Intentions as an Ethical Consumer
Customers share in the responsibility for ensuring that transactions are fair, and should be upfront about their intentions as consumers.
Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal
,
The Observant Life (Book)
May 24, 2023
Business Ethics
Commerce
Fair Prices: A Jewish Perspective
The Mishnah defines the fair price of an item, such that the seller earn a fair price, while not defrauding the buyer.
Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal
,
The Observant Life (Book)
May 24, 2023
Business Ethics
Commerce
Commerce and Competition in Jewish Law
The Talmud sets a limited precedent for free market competition by balancing the rights of merchants with the interests of consumers.
Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal
,
The Observant Life (Book)
May 24, 2023
Business Ethics
Commerce
Ethical Fundraising: A Jewish Perspective
Are bingo and more serious forms of gambling allowed to raise funds for synagogues and other Jewish institutions?
Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, Ph.D.
,
The Observant Life (Book)
May 24, 2023
Charity
Ethical Fundraising
When Does Jewish Law Say We Are Permitted to Talk About Others
Lashon hara I’to·elet are those occasions when it is permissible, or even required, to speak about other people.
The Observant Life (Book)
May 18, 2023
Ethics
Inclusion
Biblical Texts Addressing Gossip
Human beings have been given the divine power of speech to enable our participation in the ongoing work of sustaining God’s creation.
The Observant Life (Book)
May 18, 2023
Ethics
Inclusion
Does Prohibited Speech Apply to the Internet?
As online communication becomes more complicated and sophisticated, so too do the laws governing defamatory speech.
The Observant Life (Book)
May 18, 2023
Ethics
Inclusion
