Simonthepilgrim
11-25-2006, 04:39 AM
One of the aspects that attracts western 'liberals' to Dharma practice is the perseption that Buddhists are more "altruistic" than is common.
There was an interesting discussion, this week, on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time series.
The programme can be heard or downloaded as a podcast at:
In Our Time (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/)
One of our most vocal neo-Darwinians, Richard Dawkins, is one of the speakers and his ideas have always appeared to me to be of great interest, particularly when he is on his own subject of evolutionary biology rather than banging on about "there is no God".
There was an interesting discussion, this week, on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time series.
The programme can be heard or downloaded as a podcast at:
In Our Time (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/)
One of our most vocal neo-Darwinians, Richard Dawkins, is one of the speakers and his ideas have always appeared to me to be of great interest, particularly when he is on his own subject of evolutionary biology rather than banging on about "there is no God".