morality
Empathy vs Compassion
/notes/empathy-vs-compassion/I’ve worried a lot about empathy, people striving for empathy as a virtue, people conflating empathy, sympathy and compassion, and people claiming empathy when it seemed they were actually …
Ellsworth Toohey
/notes/ellsworth-toohey/I love/hate Ellsworth Toohey because the first time I encountered the character, it brought to life so much about the world that is sick and sad that I didn’t have the words to articulate at the …
Patakamma
/notes/patakamma/“I’ve enjoyed wealth, supported my dependents, and overcome adversities. I have given an uplifting offering and performed the five oblations. I have served the virtuous …
Householder Vinaya
/notes/householder-vinaya/SWIM should write about applying the Vinaya to householders – looking at the overarching concepts and tactics, and adapting the rules to householder life. Or looking at examples from the Vinaya for …
Buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
/notes/buy-my-kids-a-brand-new-pair-of-shoes/I’m a householder, so it makes good sense for me to fulfill that role as best as I can, without any particular attachment to the responsibilities, luxuries, status, or suffering that come along …