First of all, thank you for your support! According to the Yogācāra scriptures, there are two kinds of seeds. One is innate and is the result of our actions in past lives, and the other is generated by our actions in this life. For the first one, it is possible to purify it, especially through introspection (meditative practices). For the second, it begins with moral conduct.
How would you define the difference between moral and ethical?
For me, in a quick, sort of down and dirty version, it is, morality tells one who to kiss and where, ethics tell one how to treat the person before, during, and after the kiss.
As you know, the distinction between morality and ethics was originally a linguistic rather than a semantic one. In the history of ideas, it is a relatively "modern" distinction. Morality comes from a Latin word (moralitas) and ethics from a Greek word (ēthikós). Of course, the meaning of both words varies from author to author.
In these Buddhist scriptures, the authors speak of "moral restraints," Śīla, a Sanskrit word that is also rendered as virtue.
So it probably affects both before and after the kiss!
You're welcome. In contemporary philosophy, some writers recognize the distinction between ethics and morality, and some don't. It is a way of positioning one's work in one tradition or another.
Taking it as a given that there is no separate abiding self, incarnating or not, where would seeds come from?
First of all, thank you for your support! According to the Yogācāra scriptures, there are two kinds of seeds. One is innate and is the result of our actions in past lives, and the other is generated by our actions in this life. For the first one, it is possible to purify it, especially through introspection (meditative practices). For the second, it begins with moral conduct.
...begins with moral conduct."
How would you define the difference between moral and ethical?
For me, in a quick, sort of down and dirty version, it is, morality tells one who to kiss and where, ethics tell one how to treat the person before, during, and after the kiss.
As you know, the distinction between morality and ethics was originally a linguistic rather than a semantic one. In the history of ideas, it is a relatively "modern" distinction. Morality comes from a Latin word (moralitas) and ethics from a Greek word (ēthikós). Of course, the meaning of both words varies from author to author.
In these Buddhist scriptures, the authors speak of "moral restraints," Śīla, a Sanskrit word that is also rendered as virtue.
So it probably affects both before and after the kiss!
Thank you, was unaware that was dealing with linguistics as opposed to ideas or means of ordering. So much for hair splitting.
You're welcome. In contemporary philosophy, some writers recognize the distinction between ethics and morality, and some don't. It is a way of positioning one's work in one tradition or another.