Ewan Kingston’s Blog Post at EIA: “Engaged Buddhism, Anger, and Retribution”

Ewan Kingston is a PhD student in Philosophy at Duke University

Engaged Buddhism, Anger, and Retribution

“Many Western philosophers admit that Buddhism is a rich philosophy. It has a plausible theory of personal identity: the separate self is merely a conventional concept, which can become dangerously addictive.  It also contains a theory of wellbeing: the ideal state is the calm contentment that comes with realising one’s deep interconnections with the rest of the world.¹ But can Buddhism make important contributions to the field of political philosophy?”‘

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