Gay Marriage and the Paradox of Existence

Helping students or workshop participants radically expand their critical-thinking horizons beyond conventional dualistic bounds on the subject of gay marriage is difficult. The paradoxical logic of Nagarjuna's tetralemma is one means to do so. They learn not only this new investigative tool an...

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Published inContemporary Buddhism Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 490 - 506
Main Author Straton, Jack C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 03.07.2015
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Buddhism
Critical thinking
Same sex marriage
Students
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Summary:Helping students or workshop participants radically expand their critical-thinking horizons beyond conventional dualistic bounds on the subject of gay marriage is difficult. The paradoxical logic of Nagarjuna's tetralemma is one means to do so. They learn not only this new investigative tool and deepen their understanding of the perspectives surrounding gay marriage, but have to examine the degree to which they limit their own capacity to think.
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ISSN:1463-9947
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DOI:10.1080/14639947.2015.1026152