Business Ethics from the Bookshelf: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

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May 18 2016
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50min 5s
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:
Business 
Machshava:
Business Ethics 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Business Ethics

References: Nedarim: 80b  

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Ursula Le Guin's description of a society in which the population lives a utopian lifestyle, but one child must suffer horrifically in order to sustain the utopia. May a Jew live in such a society? With applications to real-world scenarios.

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