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In my search for people to help me with my research, it has been my lucky destiny to have come across one such influential person
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Introduction There are some satisfactory definitions of ‘crime’ and ‘criminal’. But the question of ‘what is a crime ?’ has baffled thinkers on ethics for
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Editor’s note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 12, June 2009. By the standards of American law, I am a criminal.
Editor’s note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 7, March 2008. Introduction Buddhist economics is an important issue for the
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