What are the three ways that a Buddhist can coherently respond to the charge that Buddhism conflicts with modern science?

What is the Socratic method? Explain it and give an example of its use.
Can religious experience demonstrate that God exists? Why or why not? What are some criticisms of arguments based on religious experience?
What are the premises and conclusion of Paley’s design argument? Do you think his argument is successful? Why or why not? How might an evolutionary biologist respond to Paley’s argument?
What are the three ways that a Buddhist can coherently respond to the charge that Buddhism conflicts with modern science? Which on seems most plausible to you? Why?
What is the chief difference between utilitarianism and Kant’s ethics? Do you think one of these theories is clearly inferior to the other? Do they each represent part of the truth about morality? Explain.
Do you believe utilitarianism conflicts with our considered judgments about rights? Why or why not?
Recall the case of Anne Frank. Imagine that in 1944 you own the house where the young Anne Frank and her family are hiding from the Nazis, and the Nazis ask you if anyone lives there. You can lie and save Anne and her family from death in a concentration camp, or you can tell the truth and doom them. What would Kant have you do in this situation? Is he right? What would you do? Why?

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