"Freedom and Resentment" and Consequentialism
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Is there such a thing as free will in Buddhism? Do moral and mental forms of cultivation at the heart of Buddhist practice imply some notion of agency and responsibility? And if they do, how are we to think of those individuals who embark on the path to liberation or enlightenment, considering that all Buddhists give universal scope to the noself doctrine? Of course, Buddhism is not alone among...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1559-3061
DOI: 10.26556/jesp.v8i2.79