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Sam2, if you’re still following this retarded thread:

I assume you are referring to Rav Lichtenstein’s article that asks if there is a morality outside the Torah. IIRC correctly, the article proceeds along the lines that we are supposed to do things that are moral and correct even if not prescribed or proscribed by the Torah directly. A good example is the noda b’yehuda on hunting–the Torah doesn’t prohibit it, but it is inappropriate to be an achzar.

IIRC, he concludes by saying that, is there a morality outside the Torah? Who cares, so say that this IS part of the Torah.

This is basically the argument of Wittgenstein in Philosophical Investigations. Everyone agrees that Hashem wants us to do tov and yashar, and that the shuras hadin of halacha does not encompass every tov and yashar that a person can do in life. (Why doesn’t it? Different discussion). Arguing over whether that is outside or inside the Torah is just arguing about the meaning of words.