Word: moral
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Such an approach does not lead to a single evaluation of homosexuality. Rather, it permits one to attempt to make the same moral distinctions among gay as among straight relationships: is the relationship mutually caring or exploitative? Does it nurture two whole people or is it destructive of the integrity of one or both? In short, is it a suitable way for two human beings of infinite worth to treat each other...
...with all the rest of Jewish law, carry full Divine sanction in our lives must therefore view homosexual activity (although not necessarily homosexual orientation, over which one has no conscious control) as a sin. There would then be some possible distribution of opinion as to how one establishes a moral balance between the sin on the one hand and the inherent worth of the person on the other...
...Reform rabbi I include myself, would come at the problem somewhat differently. Holding that Jewish legal tradition represents a compendium of each generation's best efforts to understand and fulfill God's will, it is possible to believe that contemporary understandings may in some instances reflect a moral or ethical perspective more relevant than that of an older world view. For me, the image of the Creator which I believe is present in each person I deal with takes precedence over the legal strictures. I cannot bring myself to believe that God abhors, a priori, some 10 percent...
...response to this concern that the Hillel staff sponsored two programs focused on issues of importance to the gay community this spring. Doing so was not an easy decision. There are, after all, within our community those who find it in good conscience impossible to accept homosexuality as a moral option. There are also those who feel it is a moral option, whether for themselves or others. Hillel's sponsorship made no judgement on this question, but acknowledged our obligation to the diversity of constituencies we serve...
THOUGHTS from Emerson 105 during the Moral Reasoning 12 exam...