Jewish ethics are considered to be at the intersection of
Judaism and the
Western philosophical tradition of
ethics. Like other types of
religious ethics, the diverse literature of Jewish ethics primarily aims to answer a broad range of moral questions and, hence, may be classified as a
normative ethics. For two millennia, Jewish thought has also grappled with the dynamic interplay between
law and ethics. The tradition of
rabbinic religious law (known as
halakhah) addresses numerous problems often associated with ethics, including its semi-permeable relation with duties that are usually not punished under law.