Jayarava जयरव 勝鳴
David Chapman
@Jayarava Definitely. My gripes are that “Buddhist ethics” is (1) not Buddhist and (2) an OKish but not sophisticated ethics
@Meaningness Groups must have norms however, or they don't cohere and bestow the advantages inherent in groups.
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@Meaningness Beware: "Buddhist ethics" is just the ethics practised by Buddhists. There is no universal standard. - View other replies
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@Jayarava This series is about Consensus Buddhist ethics specifically. That’s indistinguishable from mainstream American leftish ethics. -
@Meaningness But so what? If that is the ethic that American Buddhists adopt, then that is American Buddhist ethics. Isn't it? -
@Jayarava I agree with the point in general, but I think there’s a deliberate deception going on this case that needs to be undermined. -
@Jayarava There’s a huge amount of effort being made to portray “Buddhist ethics” as something special; in particular, it’s > -
@Jayarava > it’s the special sauce that Buddhism has that the secularists don’t, so you need to buy Buddhism™ brand mindfulness, not secular - View other replies
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@Meaningness Dude, you just described the entire history of Buddhist literature. This is not a new phenomenon! - Show more
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