Content on Compassion
A Buddhist Perspective on the Current Situation in Minnesota
From a Buddhist perspective, the “actor” who commits harm is also suffering, as they are creating negative karma for themselves.
Asthma Disparities, Tikkun Olam, and Breathing a Little Easier
When we open our eyes and see disparities in health outcomes, we are obligated to act.
Medical Aid in Dying: Bioethical and Public-Policy Perspectives
As we grapple with ethical questions on medical aid in dying, what might some public policy look like?
Before Going Universal, We Need to Start with the Particular
It’s very easy to celebrate the abstract notion of “humanity.” But a love of others starts with a love of those closest to us.
How Religion is Debugged Spiritual Technology
What has religion done for people that has allowed it to survive for so many upheavals over millennia?
Moral Evolution in the Torah
We can look back at where a society was, and how much we’ve grown.
Judaism, Race, and Ethics
Since they have diametrically opposed impacts on society, it is virtually unintelligible to link religion and race. However much this may be so, it would be ill advised to consider them radically disconnected or as always operating as opposing forces.
Racism and the Professional Class
Who benefits from the policies white progressives are advocating? Are we fighting for racial justice, or for someone else’s justice? Or for no one’s? Until I know, I will be slow to speak and quick to question orthodoxies.
From Grief to Holiness
Right now we are living with communal grief, if not also personal grief. It is hard to see our holiness, but it is there.
The Essential Chaplain
“Caring for the least of these” is still the kind of neighbor love that is called for, but what does that look like during a pandemic?
The Parable of the Coronavirus Pandemic — Live Life to Help Others
The truth is one day we will all die. COVID-19 is forcing us to ask how we will choose to live.
What Does It Mean to be “Human”?
If humans aren’t self-contained units, what’s our responsibility to the other elements that we’re connected to?