Tag: Shyam Ranganathan
Ethics without morality
by Amod Lele on Jul.02, 2009, under Anger, Free Will, German Tradition, Mahāyāna, Metaphilosophy, Morality
There’s been a debate in the past couple of years between Mark Siderits and Charles Goodman over ??ntideva’s attitude toward free will. In his chapter condemning anger, ??ntideva says a number of things that sound completely determinist:
Even though my stomach fluids and so on make great distress, I have no anger toward them. Why do I have anger toward sentient beings? Even their anger has a cause…. Certainly, all the different crimes and vices arise out of causes; we can’t find an independent one…. Therefore, when one sees an enemy or a friend doing unjust acts, one should think “it has causes,” and remain happy. (Bodhicary?vat?ra verses VI.22-33) (continue reading…)
