Emptiness and Buddhist Ethics: A Cross-cultural Philosophy Symposium

Program

Session ONE: 2 PM on 9/27

Moderator: Joshua Smith, Central Michigan University

On Nāgārjuna’s Ratnāvali

Amber Carpenter, University of York

Compassion and the Net of Indra

Graham Priest, University of Melbourne

Response: Gary Fuller, Central Michigan University

Session TWO: 3:35 PM on 9/27

Moderator: Guy Newland, Central Michigan University

The connection between ontology and ethics in Madhyamaka

Jan Westerhoff, University of Durham

Buddhist Ethics in the Context of Conventional Truth: Path and Transformation

Jay Garfield, Smith College

Response: Robert Stecker, Central Michigan University

Session THREE: 9 AM on 9/28

Moderator: David Smith, Central Michigan University

Prāsaṅgika’s Moral Naturalism: Zhig pa (vināśa) dNgos po (bhāva) Theory

Sonam Thakchoe, University of Tasmania

How Does Merely Conventional Karma Work?

Guy Newland, Central Michigan University

Response: Koji Tanaka, University of Auckland

Session FOUR: 10:35 AM on 9/28

Moderator: John Wright, Central Michigan University

From Madhyamaka to Consequentialism: A Roadmap

Charles Goodman, Binghamton University

Does ‘Buddhist Ethics’ Exist?

Mark Siderits, Seoul National University

Response: Bronwyn Finnigan, Marquette University