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Paternalist Deception in the Lotus Sūtra: A Normative Assessment |
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著者 |
Goodman, Charles A. (著)
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掲載誌 |
Journal of Buddhist Ethics
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巻号 | v.18 |
出版年月日 | 2011 |
ページ | 1 - 30 |
出版者 | Department of History & Religious Studies Program , The Pennsylvania State University |
出版サイト |
https://history.la.psu.edu/
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出版地 | University Park, PA, US |
資料の種類 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
言語 | 英文=English |
ノート | Charles A. Goodman, Department of Philosophy, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902. |
抄録 | The Lotus Sūtra repeatedly asserts the moral permissibility, in certain circumstances, of deceiving others for their own benefit. The examples it uses to illustrate this view have the features of weak paternalism, but the real-world applications it endorses would today be considered strong paternalism. We can explain this puzzling feature of the text by noting that according to Mahāyāna Buddhists, normal, ordinary people are so irrational that they are relevantly similar to the insane. Kant’s determined anti-paternalism by contrast, relies on an obligation to see others as rational, which can be read in several ways. Recent work in psychology provides support for the Lotus Sūtra’s philosophical anthropology while undermining the plausibility of Kant’s version. But this result does not necessarily lead to an endorsement of political paternalism, since politicians are not qualified to wield such power. Some spiritual teachers, however, may be morally permitted to benefit their students by deceiving them. |
ISSN | 10769005 (E) |
ヒット数 | 577 |
作成日 | 2011.05.05 |
更新日期 | 2022.04.15 |
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