Is shomer peshayim Hashem discussed in S’A or other sources, or is it just an asmahta for irresponsible behavior? I hope the former, and I have a bunch of questions, any sources on this?
1) who is pashut enough. For some reason, a lot of humble people are claiming an honor when it excuses them some simple inconvenience, while same people would ask for a shishi otherwise.
2) Is pashut about intellectual abilities or separate by area of knowledge? If R Kamenetsky claimed it, even if for a minute, reluctant to quit smoking, maybe the latter
3) We learn from Avimelech who was not polite to Avraham starting conversation by asking about Sarah. If he were to claim he did not learn derech eretz, the answer is – Avraham was teaching about it and he had a chance to enroll. So, if someone has intellectual ability, he might not have an excuse to not find out how cholesterol works or whatever. Maybe one can claim that he is too busy with learning and chesed.
4) Does this work when the danger also affects others, such as dangerous driving, coughing, ? Can I be pashut on behave of others? Do they also have to be pashut,, or can I endanger life of professor or a Talmid Chacham I am driving, or who might be driving near me? What if I will be protected but they will not and I become a murderer? Or will my protection convers them like a comprehensive insurance policy?