The major part of our Torah portion, Mishpatim, raises important questions about Judaism, religion in general, ethics, and law. First, the nature of Judaism. I have a brief definition of Judaism: a ...

The major part of our Torah portion, Mishpatim, raises important questions about Judaism, religion in general, ethics, and law. First, the nature of Judaism. Many of our philosophers have divided ...

There is a difference between ethics and the law. But that doesn’t mean the two don’t coexist. Laws are codified rules that spell out what can happen, what should happen, what circumstances might ...

I was recently reprimanded by my supervisor for “imposing morality” on the management team I lead. I found the reprimand to be a bit hypocritical because the company I work for stresses the importance ...

In contemporary political science, many believe that normative restrictions on armed conflict are an outgrowth of Western culture and the just war tradition. Drawing on historical evidence, which ...

An unusually heated altercation erupted last month when Charleston City Councilman Keith Waring accused the mayor of being unethical for participating in a city land purchase that involved one of his ...