@openbuddha Maybe check the piece on sexual ethics I cited… The Paramitas are so general and uncontroversial that they seem weaksauce to me.
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@openbuddha Well, at the moment, nothing! The point is that there is nothing distinctively Buddhist about American “Buddhist ethics”.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Yes, but are they usefully different from any other list of virtues?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Well, generosity is a good thing—but there’s nothing Buddhist about that.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Well, I’ve plowed through a couple of big dull academic books on Buddhist ethics, and my opinion is there’s no there, there.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha Not *distinctively* Buddhist. The point is that thinking one has special ethical insight because of Buddhist principles >Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha > is likely to dim your ethical judgement, not enhance it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha I’ve read Harvey. There’s nothing worthwhile in it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@openbuddha But the point is, there’s nothing worthwhile elsewhere, either. “Buddhist ethics” either agrees with general secular ethics, >Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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