@BuddhistGeeks @Buddhistethics I would spend three weeks doing background reading and thinking through all angles, then write the same rant.
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@BuddhistGeeks@Buddhistethics I actually started on that and read three authoritative books on Buddhist Ethics and many issues of the JBE…1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@BuddhistGeeks@Buddhistethics which confirmed that there is no such thing. However, writing that up so I’m sure it’s watertight—slow job.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@BuddhistGeeks Yea, that sounds like a tricky task, disproving the existence of an object of study so many have worked on.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Buddhistethics@BuddhistGeeks Well, Damien Keown explicitly agrees, and he pretty much founded the field…1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@BuddhistGeeks ahhh; no, he argues that there are no explicit treatises on B ethics, but 'it' still exists...2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes -
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@Buddhistethics@BuddhistGeeks But in any case, seems curious that there are no treatises on the subject if it’s central, isn’t it?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@BuddhistGeeks I have the book (will look in the morning); and sila is so interwoven in texts,maybe no separate treatise needed2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Buddhistethics@BuddhistGeeks Also in his “Very Short Introduction” pp. 27-29 “The absence of ‘ethics’ in Buddhism” is quite explicit.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@BuddhistGeeks and most in the 'debates' today don't make the distinction Keown mentions in the VSI.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@Buddhistethics @BuddhistGeeks Yes, I agree that distinction is dubious.
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