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The Dilemma – Modern Questions, Talmudic Debate, Your Solutions
February 6, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
An event every week that begins at 7:00 pm on Monday, repeating until March 13, 2017
Engage in a brain-twisting, mind-wrestling, hair-splitting experience as you explore modern situations and the complex dilemmas they give rise to while you seek solutions by examining original Talmudic texts.
Beginning Monday, Feb. 6 at 7:00 pm, Rabbi Avrohom Litvin of the Jewish Learning Center will offer a fascinating new six-session course from the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) called The Dilemma: Modern Conundrums. Talmudic Debates. Your Solutions.
In an example of one such conundrum, Tesla Motors is currently programming self-driving cars for instances when death is inevitable. Should they program the cars to swerve and avoid killing more pedestrians, but kill one whose life was previously not endangered? Should it favor the lives of pedestrians over passengers? Should it favor the lives of younger people over those who are older? And should owners be given the ability to determine these settings?
In another example relating to the recently popularized Pokémon Go mobile app: Should the game’s creators be held liable in the hundreds of cases of trespassing and damages that were incurred because of Pokémon characters negligently programmed to be found on private properties?
The Dilemma is a mental expedition in which participants mind-wrestle with situations that force them to choose between two reasonable truths, Participants analyze, discuss, and debate original Talmudic texts to solve dilemmas and get an authentic taste of dynamic Talmud study.”
The Dilemma is accredited in Kentucky for continuing legal education credits for attorneys and others in the legal professions. Like all JLI programs, this course is designed to appeal to people at all levels of knowledge, including those without any prior experience or background in Jewish learning. All JLI courses are open to the public, and attendees need not be affiliated with a particular synagogue, temple, or other house of worship.
Interested students may call502-459-1770 or visit www.myJLI.com for registration and for other course-related information. [JLI courses are presented in Louisville in conjunction with Chabad of Kentucky).]