How did Rav Kook approach conflicting ideas within religion and differing philosophies, including secular Zionism?
Rav Kook was inclined to the view that conflicting ideas within religion, such as between hassidim and misnagdim, each have their own strengths and limitations. He applied a similar approach to differing philosophies, including secular Zionism. He learned to be melamed zechut expound the positive aspects regarding secular Zionists, appreciating their modern activism as corrective to the limited passivity of diasporic Jewish attitudes.