1.5 Credits
"Killer" Ethics
"Killer" Ethics
State-Sponsored Targeted Killings and Assassinations:
US and Talmudic Law Compared
- What differentiates targeted killings, extra-judicial killings, and assassinations?
- How do nations justify targeted killings on foreign soil?
- How does collateral damage affect the morality of these actions?
- What is the legal stance when there is a low probability of hitting the intended target?
Approved for 1.5 CLE credits (1.0 Ethics; 0.5 Substantive)
Cost: $36 with CLE credit; $15 for general attendance. Scroll to bottom to register
Presenters:
Editor of the United States Department of Defense "Law of War Manual: Commentary and Critique"
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody is the executive director of Ematai and a columnist for the Jerusalem Post. He previously served as a senior instructor at Yeshivat Hakotel, the dean of the Tikvah Online Academy, and a junior research fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute. His writings on Jewish ethics and contemporary moral dilemmas have been cited by the Israeli Supreme Court and published in numerous scholarly journals and popular publications. A graduate of Harvard College, he received his rabbinic ordination from the Israeli Chief Rabbinate, MA in Jewish Philosophy from Hebrew University, and doctorate in law from Bar-Ilan University. His first book, A Guide to the Complex: Contemporary Halakhic Debates (Maggid), received a National Jewish Book Award.