PHILOS 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Egalitarianism, John Stuart Mill, Buddhist Ethics
5 Apr 2016
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2/8-2/12 more buddhism the ultimate goal: nirvana, a state of wakefulness, peace, joy, and perfect health initially temporary, but can be permanent after this life. Anatman: there is no atman, strictly speaking there is no self. There are bundles of mental & physical things, but no continuous person. This leads to the conclusion that there is no substantial difference between one person & another, one sentient (conscious) being and another. There are still casual connections between bundles of mental and physical stuff. This causation can span lives (even into the afterlife) ethics: the study of right and wrong wrong actions: Higher vs lower pleasures high: involve mental and social capacities. Buying new shoes, intimacy, love making, parenting, philosophizing, learning, accomplishment, kindness low: basic bodily pleasures, pig pleasures . Basking in sunshine, eating yummy food, sex, orgasm, back scratching, drugs suggestion: buddhist ethics is a lot like utilitarianism. Buddhism challenges the idea that pleasure is good.
