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Tag Archives: Talmud
What Tolerance Requires
My latest blog post for The Jerusalem Post: My father had a lot of favorite adages. One was: ”Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from other people’s mistakes.” Learning from other people’s mistakes is easier said than … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Philosophy, Judaism, The Jerusalem Post
Tagged Hillel, Jewish Values, Neusner, Open-minded, Pluralism, Rawls, Shammai, Talmud, Telushkin, Tolerance, Toleration
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Ending the Violence, Part 2
My new blog post for The Jerusalem Post: As I discussed in last week’s blog post, human violence has some specific biological causes: kin selection, territoriality, and lack of empathy. We are created in God’s image spiritually, but our bodies … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, The Jerusalem Post
Tagged Aggression, Evolutionary Psychology, Intifada, Kin Selection, Peace, Public Choice, Talmud, Territoriality, Terrorism, Violence
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The Thousand-Year View 