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Everyday Morality
Author(s) -
Eberhardt Nancy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of religious ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1467-9795
pISSN - 0384-9694
DOI - 10.1111/jore.12063
Subject(s) - nexus (standard) , morality , epistemology , sociology , indigenous , autonomy , agency (philosophy) , moral agency , environmental ethics , philosophy , political science , law , ecology , computer science , embedded system , biology
This essay explores the nexus between B uddhist discourse, moral reasoning, and aspects of indigenous ethnopsychology in a S han community in northern T hailand. I suggest that these three strands of thought are routinely braided together in intricate ways and, furthermore, that some version of this conceptual arrangement is necessary in order for any moral thinking to take place. That is, all moral thought entails some conception of the way the world is structured (a conception that may or may not be based on religion) and some ethnotheory of human nature, both of which are culturally mediated. Finally, I discuss the implications of this view for our understanding of human agency and autonomy.