Exercise: Buddhism and Bad Desires
This activity helps students provide their own evidence for Buddha’s argument against desire.
Exercise: Find a Political Philosoph-her
This assignment instructs students to look at the website, Philosopher (originally Political Philosop-her), created and maintained by Meena Krishnamurthy at politicalphilosopher.net. The site, as Prof. Krishnamurthy says, “showcases work by philosophers from underrepresented groups in philosophy.” [hotlink for this quote: https://meenakrishnamurthy.net/]
Exercise: Why I am not a Buddhist
This activity asks students to evaluate the argument against Buddhism’s stance on desire presented in a poem by Molly Peacocke.
Exercise: Freedom From Fear
This essay assignment asks students to connect ideas they’ve learned from studying the Dhammapada to Aung San Suu Kyi’s essay “Freedom from Fear.”
Lesson: Kantian Ethics and Angelina Grimké’s Letter 12 to Katherine Beecher
This lesson has two main purposes. The first is to illustrate to students how one could apply the Kantian argument that one should not treat others merely as means. This is done by introducing them to an open letter written by the early feminist and… Read More »Lesson: Kantian Ethics and Angelina Grimké’s Letter 12 to Katherine Beecher
Lesson: Theano II on Moral Education
This lesson focuses on a fragment of text from the late Pythagorean philosopher Theano (probably of Sparta, c. 4th-3rd century bce) on different kinds of value and their role in moral education. Theano approaches this topic through the lens of everyday moral advice.[1]
Lesson: Understanding the Literary Style of the Analects
On a first reading – and a second and third – Analects does not always seem to Western readers like a philosophical work. In place of crisp definitions, arguments, and replies to criticisms, one finds anecdotes, snippets of conversations, and descriptions of what might seem… Read More »Lesson: Understanding the Literary Style of the Analects
Lesson: Daoism, Dao, and Metaphor
Daoism is the philosophy of the Way (dao), but an immediate problem is that, as the famous opening lines of the Daodejing tells us, dao ‘cannot be spoken of’. Although the early Daoists offer us different arguments about why dao is ineffable, they agree that… Read More »Lesson: Daoism, Dao, and Metaphor
Lesson: Phintys of Sparta on Role Virtues
This lesson focuses on a fragment of text from the Pythagorean philosopher Phintys (probably of Sparta, c. 4 th -3 rd century BCE) on gender-specific virtues. This text can be fruitfully compared with other texts on the same topic.
Lesson: Virtues and Moral Rules
Can a morally great / virtuous person choose the right thing to do in every situation all by herself, or does she need to follow moral rules as guides?
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