GEN1032 [I]t is extremely difficult to evaluate today the relationship of religion and ethics.   The modern decline of religion and the concomitant search for the essence of Judaism have undermined the unity of religion and ethics. And yet, from the point of view of Judaism -- as it is expressed both in theory and in life -- there can be no doubt that there is a profound, intrinsic, and abiding interrelationship between religion and ethics.   Philosophers have always explored the nature of the good and its connection with God, but Jewish life was always conducted in the firm belief that God cannot act unjustly [this verse] and that only through justice and loving-kindness can man “walk in the way of God” Micah 6:8.  FOXMJE 231-2