Mensch-Yisroel

From the blurb of the 8th Volume of The Collected Writings which is entitled Mensch-Yisroel:

A basic premise of the Hirschian viewpoint is that the universal task of all men to be decent human beings (Mensch), as outlined by the basic (Noachide) laws of humanity, is fulfilled by the Jew only if he follows the Divine Will, as expressed in the Torah (Yisroel). The Mensch-Yisroel is the ideal Jew who fulfills his human calling by his loyalty to Torah, regardless of circumstance. The supremacy and dominion of Torah over all aspects of the life of a Mensch-Yisroel is a fulfillment of the Torah im Derech Eretz principle. Modern civilization, with its technological and social changes, challenges the loyalty of the Jew to Torah and can lead to compromise and abandonment of Torah. With the study of Torah (Limmud haT0rah) as the central element of his world-view, Rav Hirsch taught that the times could be applied to the Torah, rather than vice-versa.

Beraishis 14E – Avraham as a Neighbor Who Maintained his Unique Character