Author Affiliations: Department of Philosophy, Northern Illinois University
摘要
The doctrine of emptiness presents a problem for Buddhist metaethics, in that it seems to restrict the range of admissible entities in a way that excludes moral facts. In the absence of such entities, what foundation can we give to moral practice? I suggest that the Japanese Zen philosopher/monk Dōgen (1200–1253) solves the problem by going anti-realist, and that his solution can inform the broader discussion of Buddhist metaethics.
目次
I. Introduction 957 II. The Metaphysics of Buddha-nature 958 III. Metaethics in the Shōbōgenzō 962 IV. Morality as Conventional 965 V. Conclusion 970 Notes 971 References 974
