ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that Flanagan’s presentation of a naturalized Buddhism is less appealing than it could be, because he privileges common sense reasoning and naïve realism where Buddhist tradition begins from the assumption of universal ignorance, epistemic modesty and faith in the path. It suggests that Flanagan’s philosophical perspective precludes consideration of the path of practice on which Buddhist ethics finds traction and it provides a rereading of several of Flanagan’s arguments with the path in mind in order to suggest a more robust and challenging (but still naturalized) approach to Buddhist ethics.
