Rabbi Dr Moshe Freedman’s series on Law, Ethics, and Religion is a fifty-part series of short articles covering issues related to the intersections between secular law, ethics and morality, and Judaism. The contents of the course is set out below, however, the entire series is available as one pdf document which contains a dynamic contents page. Please click here to download and if you enjoy it, please consider making a donation to Mah Shetashiv.
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: What is Ethics?
Part 3: Moral Relativism and Absolutism I
Part 4: Moral Relativism and Absolutism II
Part 5: Humanity’s Moral Compass I
Part 6: Humanity’s Moral Compass II
Part 7: The Emergence of Ethical Man I
Part 8: The Emergence of Ethical Man II
Part 9: The Written and Oral Torah I
Part 10: The Written and Oral Torah II
Part 11: The Written and Oral Torah III
Part 12: The Written and Oral Torah IV
Part 13: The Written and Oral Torah V
Part 14: The Written and Oral Torah VI
Part 15: The Written and Oral Torah VII
Part 16: The Written and Oral Torah VIII
Part 17: The Written and Oral Torah IX
Part 18: The Written and Oral Torah X
Part 19: Judaism, Democratic Law, and Autonomous Morality I
Part 20: Judaism, Democratic Law, and Autonomous Morality II
Part 21: Judaism, Democratic Law, and Autonomous Morality III
Part 22: Judaism, Democratic Law, and Autonomous Morality IV
Part 23: Ethical issues in Tanach – The Akeidah I
Part 24: Ethical issues in Tanach – The Akeidah II
Part 25: Ethical issues in Tanach – Circumcision
Part 26: Ethical issues in Tanach – Slavery I
Part 27: Ethical Issues in Tanach – Slavery II
Part 28: Ethical Issues in Tanach – Capital Punishment
Part 29: Ethical Issues in Tanach – Vegetarianism
Part 30: Ethical Issues in Tanach – Animal Sacrifices
Part 31: Ethical Issues in Tanach – War
Part 32: Ethical Issues in Tanach – The Seven Canaanite Nations
Part 33(a): Ethical Issues in Tanach – Amalek I
Part 33(b): Ethical Issues in Tanach – Amalek II
Part 34: Business Ethics I – Competition
Part 35: Business Ethics II – Privacy and the Use of Data
Part 36: Business Ethics III – Copyright and Intellectual Property
Part 37: Business Ethics IV – Bribery
Part 38: Business Ethics V – Whistleblowing
Part 39: Medical Ethics I – The Value of Life
Part 40: Medical Ethics II – Saving Others: Ending One Life to Save Another
Part 41: Medical Ethics III – Saving Others: Organ Donation
Part 42: Medical Ethics IV – Cosmetic Surgery
Part 43: Medical Ethics V – End of Life and Assisted Dying
Part 44: Artificial Intelligence I – Introduction to AI
Part 45: Artificial Intelligence II – Who takes responsibility for parenting AI?
Part 46: Artificial Intelligence III – The Ethics of Autonomous AI
Part 47: Artificial General Intelligence I
Part 48: Artificial General Intelligence II
Part 49: I, Conscience I
Part 50: I, Conscience II