• #72 - Are We Allowed to Cause Harm to Ourselves?

  • Mar 4 2025
  • Length: 12 mins
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#72 - Are We Allowed to Cause Harm to Ourselves?

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  • Are we entitled to do anything we wish to our bodies and our persons, even to the point of inflicting substantive harm upon ourselves, so long as our act does not damage others? Modern Western thought, especially in its libertarian variety, tends to answer "yes." Traditional Jewish thought, which is hardly libertarian, would answer "no," correct? Well, not so fast. Rather than one clear and obviously correct answer, the halakhah offers us a way to think about and argue the question on the way to making decisions.Download the source sheet at www.freehofinstitute.org/podcast
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