Tag Archives: comparative moral philosophy

Oxford Classes on Buddhist Ethics

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Ralph Weir

This Hilary Term the Dalai Lama Centre for Compassion will be offering a series of lectures introducing Buddhist ethics. The series will be delivered by Dr Dechen Rochard, Fellow of the DLCC. It will take place from 5:30pm-6:30pm on Wednesdays at Seminar Room East, Mansfield College with the first meeting taking place … Continue reading →

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Ethical Disagreement Across Cultures

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Ralph Weir

Ethical Disagreement Across Cultures: The Case of Japan Samuel Hughes Fellow of the Dalai Lama Centre for Compassion Download PDF One of the questions that has attracted interest from both Europeans and Japanese people since the Meiji Restoration has been how great the differences in European and Japanese ethical life … Continue reading →

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Pluralism in Japanese ethics

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Ralph Weir

Kyoto Temple. Image by Gilad Rom. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Pluralism in Japanese ethics Samuel Hughes Fellow of the Dalai Lama Centre for Compassion Download PDF Perhaps the most famous ethicist in the Japanese tradition is Watsuji Tetsurō, who worked at the Universities of Kyoto and Tokyo in the early twentieth century. Watsuji was a peripheral member of a larger … Continue reading →

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