{"id":1095,"date":"2016-01-08T08:25:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T16:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dharmarealm.com\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2016-01-05T10:27:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T18:27:13","slug":"ethics-and-dungeons-and-dragons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dharmarealm.com\/?p=1095","title":{"rendered":"Ethics (and Dungeons and Dragons)"},"content":{"rendered":"

That title should really be \u201cDungeons and Dragons (and Ethics).\u201d Or \u201cD&D, Star Wars, and Cats (with some Buddhism sprinkled in).\u201d<\/p>\n

In our first episode for 2016, we wanted to begin a conversation about social ethics \u2014 somehow we got sidetracked by Dungeons and Dragons, the classic role playing game that we both grew up with. Seriously, though. Is there a way to reconcile the D&D ethical and moral alignment system<\/a> with Buddhist ethics? Unsurprisingly, we go off on several tangents before getting to the notion of absolute good and evil that seems implicit in the D&D system and that (some) Buddhist traditions seek to transcend. And we end, of course, talking about cats.<\/p>\n

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That title should really be \u201cDungeons and Dragons (and Ethics).\u201d Or \u201cD&D, Star Wars, and Cats (with some Buddhism sprinkled in).\u201d In our first episode for 2016, we wanted to begin a conversation about social ethics \u2014 somehow we got sidetracked by Dungeons and Dragons, the classic role playing game that we both grew up… Continue reading Ethics (and Dungeons and Dragons)<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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