Retributive karma and the problem of blaming the victim
A defining feature of retributive conceptions of karma is their regarding of suffering or misfortune as consequent upon sins committed in previous lives. Some critical non-believers in karma take offence at this view, considering it to involve unjustly blaming the victim. Defenders of the view demur...
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Springer Nature B. V
2013
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 74, Issue: 2, Pages: 149-165 |
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Buddhism
B Arvind Sharma B Reincarnation B Hinduism B Ludwig Wittgenstein B Blaming the victim B Karma |
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