Wow that’s a fascinating connection/parallel – thank you so much for sharing! Anything else you’d recommend reading in that literature? Am very curious about any other similarities between Madhyamaka Buddhism and Kantian thought
Also, regarding persuading non-consequentialists on their own terms, I’ve long been meaning to write a post (tentatively) titled “Judicious Duty: Effective Altruism for Non-Consquentialists”, so this is giving me additional motivation to eventually do so :)
That sounds super interesting – definitely write it! If you ever want someone to read a draft or something, shoot me a dm!
Welcome! To be clear, I do think that Buddhist thought and Kantian thought are more often at odds than in alignment. It’s just that Garfield’s more careful analysis of the No-Self argument suggests that accepting the emptiness of “Self” doesn’t mean doing away with personhood-related concepts like moral responsibility.
That said, you might be interested in Dan Arnold’s Brains, Buddhas and Believing, which does try to interpret arguments from the Madhyamaka school as similar to contemporary Kantian critiques against reductionism about the mind.
Wow that’s a fascinating connection/parallel – thank you so much for sharing! Anything else you’d recommend reading in that literature? Am very curious about any other similarities between Madhyamaka Buddhism and Kantian thought
That sounds super interesting – definitely write it! If you ever want someone to read a draft or something, shoot me a dm!
Welcome! To be clear, I do think that Buddhist thought and Kantian thought are more often at odds than in alignment. It’s just that Garfield’s more careful analysis of the No-Self argument suggests that accepting the emptiness of “Self” doesn’t mean doing away with personhood-related concepts like moral responsibility.
That said, you might be interested in Dan Arnold’s Brains, Buddhas and Believing, which does try to interpret arguments from the Madhyamaka school as similar to contemporary Kantian critiques against reductionism about the mind.