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The podcast with Raz Zauber

שו”תCategory: philosophyThe podcast with Raz Zauber
asked 4 weeks ago

Good afternoon,
In the podcast with Raz Zauber, you said that in your opinion, morality that is not backed by divine validity is seemingly morality without an anchor, because once a person establishes their values ​​and is not bound by any external objective standard, then morality can be flexible and reach basically anywhere.
You gave the example of normalizing incest.

Two questions about this:
1.
Apparently, even according to your system, morality is not something that is learned from the Torah and is a system separate from the Torah. So then, even according to your system, man is actually the one who observes alone and seeks morality and can actually interpret and think to the point of inadequacy.
Where is your anchor?
2.
Another point:
According to Professor David Enoch’s method, although there is no God behind morality, but rather ideas that are the external objective standard, (I know you disagree with him that this is not enough for a binding order), his morality is flexible and qualitative, just like your morality. It does not have the problem of decadence, right?
Because it is backed by an external objective scale.
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מיכי Staff answered 4 weeks ago
A very good question. Unfortunately, in our conversation I began to explain my position but did not finish. I intended to continue and say that without an objective basis for the validity of morality, there is no certainty in commitment to it and no philosophical basis for commitment. The point that the content of morality is also flexible is indeed not fundamental. And you are right that this exists to a certain extent in my method as well. And yet there is a difference, because in my method I do interpret divine morality, but not every gut feeling of mine will become a moral principle. Because for me, morality is a divine command and I only interpret. That is why I distinguish between emotion and interpretive intuition. On the other hand, those who do not believe in an objective basis for morality will easily follow accidental feelings and will not bother to distinguish between emotion and interpretive feeling. You are absolutely right that in this sense, Anoch is similar to me in his way of thinking. I just don’t think he is right.

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