
Morality, Ethics and Values and their role in Wisdom
A brief excerpt from our upcoming book Wisdom in Buddhism. The term, ’morality’ it would seem, is easily defined as that which concerns good vs bad behaviour or right vs wrong and to what extent. For any given society, community, tribe or family, this is relatively straightforward. The Oxford Living English Dictionary defines morality as principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour. The OLED goes on to suggest The extent to which a