Implications of the Akeida: Part 2- Human Knowledge of the Good
In the second part of this series, we challenge and reject the notion that Abraham forfeits the ethical in order to obey God, or that it is impossible for man to come to know the ethical or moral truth of his own accord. On the contrary, we argue that there is an independent idea of “good" that man can indeed come to know, and that God also does not command the impossible or the unethical.
More lessons in this series (10)
- Implications of the Akeida: Part 1 - Ethics and Obedience
- Implications of the Akeida: Part 3 - Yihud Hashem
- Implications of the Akeida - Part 4: Prophetic and Religious Challenges of the Akeida
- Implications of the Akeida: Part 5 - Potential, Intent, Action
- Implications of the Akeida Part 6: The Sefat Emet on Yir'a vs. Ahava
- Implications of the Akeida Part 7: Human Sacrifice
- Implications of the Akeida Part 8: Supernatural Transcendence
- Implications of the Akeida Part 9: Moral Ambiguity and Competing Values
- Implications of the Akeida Part 10: Mei HaShiloach and the Obscured Vision
- Implications of the Akeida Part 11: Abarbanel on Yitzhak's Transformation