Notes from the Wired
This is a website where I write articles on various topics that interest me, carving out a bit of cyberspace for myself.
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Jul. 21
What the Buddha Taught
An introductory book on Buddhism takes around five hours to finish. I am by no means an expert, so it is difficult for me to judge how complete or entirely accurate it is, but it appears to cover the most important aspects of Buddhist thought.
It is important to note that the book is divided into two halves. The first half is explanatory, introducing the central doctrines of Buddhism, while the second half consists of a selection of original Buddhist scriptures.
Jul. 21
Philosophical Ramblings #14: A Rejection of Morality
Every ethical situation presents a demand to choose. This demand, the necessity of choosing between alternatives, of taking a stand, is what makes it an ethical situation at all. Not choosing is itself a choice, but one made passively, without the burden of active deliberation.
The obsessive construction of moral frameworks arises from a desire to abdicate this burden. Each ethical confrontation places a weight on the chooser: one must choose, and one must live with that choice forever. The responsibility is unsharable and permanent. To escape this, the individual creates or adopts, a moral framework. Then one says: ‘I did what is right’. The framework becomes a screen: responsibility is displaced from the individual onto an anonymous abstraction called “morality,” where it is diluted and depersonalised. The individual no longer stands behind a choice as its author, but hides behind a pre-approved category.
Jul. 19
