Occupation: Philosopher Birth: June 22, 1916 Death: September 18, 2003
The Auschwitz praxis was based on a new principle: for one portion of mankind, existence itself is a crime, punishable by humiliation, torture, and d….
For Christians, the first priority may be theological self-understanding. For Jews it is, and after Auschwitz must be, simple safety for their childr….
It may be the case that [post-Holocaust] the authentic Jewish agnostic and the authentic Jewish believer are closer than at any previous time..
In the twentieth century, men -- all of us -- find themselves compelled to commit or condone evil for the sake of preventing an evil believed to be g….