To Heal A Fractured World
Sacks, the author of 12 previous books, is chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. The ethics of responsibility, so he posits, is the idea that God invites us to become 'His partners in the work of creation.'
The theme of his book is that life is God's call to responsibility. Citing the twenty-first-century's challenges of a scale and scope that seem to defy solutions - environmental and political problems and the growing inequality between rich and poor - Sacks insists that it is up to us to make a difference, 'to mend the world one life at a time, one act at a time, one day at a time.'
Drawing on traditional interpretations of the bible, Jewish law, and theology, he analyzes the essence of morality and moral behavior. He is one of the most eminent religious scholars of our time, and his book should interest Jews and non-Jews alike.
Review by George Cohen