{"id":3115,"date":"2025-05-21T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centrostudiubi.it\/?post_type=pensare-il-presente&#038;p=3115"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:32:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:32:36","slug":"per-unetica-dei-non-senzienti","status":"publish","type":"pensare-il-presente","link":"https:\/\/centrostudiubi.it\/en\/pensare-il-presente\/ricerca\/per-unetica-dei-non-senzienti\/","title":{"rendered":"Toward an Ethics of the Non-Sentient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The concept of <em>and <\/em>in Buddhist doctrine and ethics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Francesco Maria Catanzaro - DREST (Italian Doctoral School for Religious Studies), Department of Asian and North African Studies (DSAAM), Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice (2023-present)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Recipient of a PhD scholarship funded by the UBI Research Center.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This research investigates the relationship between doctrine and ethics, taking as a starting point the understanding of<em>and<\/em> in Buddhist philosophical explanations. Who or what is an agent and thus capable of acting? Who or what can \u201cact rightly\u201d and thus follow the Buddhist ethical code and its soteriological path? How does the doctrinal understanding of core concepts such as <em>karma <\/em>ed <em>and <\/em>relate to the lived experience of Buddhist practitioners? What are the limits of<em>and<\/em> - can plants, machines, or <em>avatar <\/em>digitali essere considerati agenti?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Such questions, at least some of which arise to anyone who meets Buddhism in its various forms, are just some of those triggered by this topic of research. Understanding how Buddhist doctrine relates to its ethics is as fundamental as it is difficult and requires the identification of key passages allowing the shift from an anti-personalist (based on the anatta doctrine) and soteriologically oriented stance to one rooted in moral uprightness. The subtle philosophical speculations and arguments brought forth by past Buddhist masters \u2013 such as in N\u0101g\u0101rjuna's body of works and in Vasubandhu\u2019s works such as the<em>Abhidharmako\u015ba <\/em>and <em>Karmasiddhi-prakara\u1e47a<\/em>\u2013 have left open questions for contemporary scholars. At the same time, the gap and connection between these preeminently impersonal perspectives and the lived experience of practitioners, grounded in \u201cactual\u201d events, requires special attention.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The main goal of this research is to contribute to a deeper understanding of Buddhist doctrine and lived experience, focusing on the philosophical and ethical implications of Buddhist discourse on<em>and<\/em>, personhood, and a relational understanding of reality.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La ricerca si propone di investigare la relazione tra dottrina ed etica a partire dal modo di intendere l\u2019agency nell\u2019elaborazione filosofica buddhista<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3199,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categorie-pensare-il-presente":[68],"class_list":["post-3115","pensare-il-presente","type-pensare-il-presente","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-pensare-il-presente-ricerca"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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