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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Foreword vii
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Abbreviations xv
- Editor’s Introduction 1
- 1. How Should We Live? Happiness, Human Flourishing, and the Good Human Life 23
- 2. What Is Knowledge? Knowledge in the Context of Buddhist Thought 58
- 3. Does Reality Have a Ground? Madhyamaka and Nonfoundationalism 79
- 4. Can Consciousness Be Explained? Buddhist Idealism and the “Hard Problem” in Philosophy of Mind 97
- 5. Is Anything We Do Ever Really Up to Us? Western and Buddhist Philosophical Perspectives on Free Will 129
- 6. Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? “And None of Us Deserving the Cruelty or the Grace”: Buddhism and the Problem of Evil 164
- 7. How Much Is Enough? Greed, Prosperity, and the Economic Problem of Happiness: A Comparative Perspective 205
- 8. What Do We Owe Future Generations? Compassion and Future Generations: A Buddhist Contribution to an Ethics of Global Interdependence 250
- Concluding Remarks 275
- For Further Reading and Study 287
- Contributors 293
- Index 297
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Foreword vii
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Abbreviations xv
- Editor’s Introduction 1
- 1. How Should We Live? Happiness, Human Flourishing, and the Good Human Life 23
- 2. What Is Knowledge? Knowledge in the Context of Buddhist Thought 58
- 3. Does Reality Have a Ground? Madhyamaka and Nonfoundationalism 79
- 4. Can Consciousness Be Explained? Buddhist Idealism and the “Hard Problem” in Philosophy of Mind 97
- 5. Is Anything We Do Ever Really Up to Us? Western and Buddhist Philosophical Perspectives on Free Will 129
- 6. Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? “And None of Us Deserving the Cruelty or the Grace”: Buddhism and the Problem of Evil 164
- 7. How Much Is Enough? Greed, Prosperity, and the Economic Problem of Happiness: A Comparative Perspective 205
- 8. What Do We Owe Future Generations? Compassion and Future Generations: A Buddhist Contribution to an Ethics of Global Interdependence 250
- Concluding Remarks 275
- For Further Reading and Study 287
- Contributors 293
- Index 297