Q&A: The Debate About Morality
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The Debate About Morality
Question
Hello, Rabbi!
In column 103 you mentioned a dispute between the Chazon Ish and Rabbi Kook regarding natural morality.
- Could you give me precise references for their views?
2. Could you give me references for the views of additional thinkers (rabbis or philosophers) on this issue?
Answer
The Chazon Ish is at the beginning of Faith and Trust. Rabbi Kook discusses it in dozens of places (search online). As for the Chazon Ish, the position commonly attributed to him is, in my opinion, not precise (even in that very passage itself you can see that it is not exactly so). I discussed this at the beginning of my third book in the trilogy.
I’m not familiar with detailed sources, since I don’t work in books of Jewish thought. Search online, and I assume you’ll find plenty.