Ethical Frameworks
Which ethical framework has the idea surrounding prioritizing the majority?
What is: Utilitarianism
What were the names of the Lakeburg twins?
What was the name of the woman who fought in court to establish a constitutional right to abortion, making it legal across the United States?
Who is: Jane Roe
According to Sanhedrin 40b-41a, is there a warning?
Yes, there is still wilful intent
Are transgender surgeries legal in the U.S?
Yes. However, bans on gender affirming care for minors is becoming more common.
Which ethical framework believes in the total rejection of established laws and instructions?
What is Nihilism
According to Baba Metzia 62a, how will you distribute the water between two people?
Both of them will drink and die, so one will not have to live after seeing the other die.
Does Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg believe that a woman can get an abortion if she pleases?
Yes, even if her life is not in danger.
When was the first case of death penalty in U.S history?
What is: 1608
Does the Torah mention being transgender?
Yes, it does. Deuteronomy 22:5 does not prohibit cross-dressing, stating that "a woman must not put on man's apparel, nor shall a man wear woman's clothing"
Which of these options were written by Rabbi Sacks?
A. A priest takes precedence over a levite, a levite over an Israelite, an Israelite over a mamzer, a mamzer over a natin, a natin over a convert, and a convert over a freed slave. When is this so? When all these were in other respects equal. However, if the mamzer was a scholar and the high priest an ignoramus, the scholar mamzer takes precedence over the ignorant high priest.
B. There is a supreme emphasis on the dignity of the individual. We are each in the image and likeness of God. A single life is like a universe. Belief in the one God, singular and alone, has momentous implications for our respect for the human individual, singular and alone.
What is: option B.
Which book in the Torah is the quote "Do not be a peddler of (negative) words in your nation. Thou shall not stand idly by the blood of your brother, I am the Lord."
What is: Vayikra
In exodus 21:12
What words are missing from
"One who fatally strikes another party shall be __ to __.
What equality basis does Shemot 21:22-25 revolve around?
An eye for an eye
What amendment in the U.S constitution approves gender affirming surgeries?
What is: The 14th amendment
Which ethical framework believes that one society's/culture's views are just as good as another's?
What is relativism
According to Horayot 3:8, who takes precedence over a Levite?
What circumstances does Rabbi Yaakov Emden believe that the woman can have an abortion?
If her life is in jeopardy
If Rabbi Tarfon and Rabbi Akiva were part of the sanhedrin, what would they have done?
They would not have put anyone on the death penalty, as it would only increase the number of murderers among the Jewish people
How many states have bans or restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors, including surgery?
What is the Utilitarianistic belief?
Actions are right if they benefit a majority of people
According to Talmud Yerushalmi, Terumot, 47a, what happens if you are under a threat and you single someone out by name?
The individual spares the life of everyone else, but they are killed
What year was Roe vs. Wade legalized, and then overturned?
1973, and overturned in 2022
How many people have been executed by the death penalty since 1976?
What is: 1,625
What year was the first transgender surgery?
1930