*Cultivating Virtue*
*It Takes a Metaphysics, Raising Virtuous Buddhists*
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Flanagan, O
2014
Abstract: Buddhism is an extremely demanding ethic, possibly as demanding as act-utilitarianism. It endorses virtuous dispositions, compassion and loving-kindness, to alleviate the suffering of all sentient beings and to bring well-being in its stead. How does Buddhism inculcate these virtues, if it does? Besides the usual direct instruction, cajoling, carrots and sticks familiar across ethical traditions, Buddhists work to inculcate these virtues by teaching children a metaphysic that involves recognition of one’s ephemerality and one’s dependency on and interconnectedness with all other beings.
Duke Scholars
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2014
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Oxford University Press
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Flanagan, O. (2014). *It Takes a Metaphysics, Raising Virtuous Buddhists*. In N. Snow (Ed.), *Cultivating Virtue*. Oxford University Press.
Flanagan, O. “*It Takes a Metaphysics, Raising Virtuous Buddhists*.” In *Cultivating Virtue*, edited by Nancy Snow. Oxford University Press, 2014.
Flanagan O. *It Takes a Metaphysics, Raising Virtuous Buddhists*. In: Snow N, editor. *Cultivating Virtue*. Oxford University Press; 2014.
Flanagan, O. “*It Takes a Metaphysics, Raising Virtuous Buddhists*.” *Cultivating Virtue*, edited by Nancy Snow, Oxford University Press, 2014.
Flanagan O. *It Takes a Metaphysics, Raising Virtuous Buddhists*. In: Snow N, editor. *Cultivating Virtue*. Oxford University Press; 2014.
Publication Date
2014
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Oxford University Press