Question

Rabbi, you objected to the straightforward implication that emerges from the Talmud in its interpretation of the verse, “And the kindness of nations is sin.” It is clear that morality without God—even if, pragmatically, it can endure—its ideal stems from selfishness and from an interest in preserving the human species, and therefore it is not moral in the pure sense of the word. Unless, of course, there is proof that a divine being commanded people to behave in a certain way; then it bypasses the philosophical-ethical problem according to which every human-made law stems from egoism.

Put simply: all human beings who used their power over others and robbed them of their freedom are equal in value and morality, including Joshua son of Nun, etc.—unless God commanded it. And here every religion has to prove logically its connection to the transcendent entity. I hope that now this is clear.