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Questions:

1. Please answer the following questions on Buddhist ethics proposed by the Dalai Lama in his book, Beyond Religion: Ethics for the Whole World. (Your answer should be in your own words.)
2. At the beginning of Chapter, the Dalai Lama discusses two factors that are necessary for ethics. What are the two factors and explain why are they necessary according to the Dalai Lama?
3. According to the Dalai Lama, do these two factors complement and reinforce each other or do they work at cross purposes? What is his argument for his position on this? (Your answer should include an explanation of the role that each of these two factors plays in ethics.)
4. At two places in his book, on page 71 and later on pages 80 & 81, the Dalai Lama argues that an ethics based on "the consequences of our actions" (i.e. Utilitarianism) is "much too narrow". What is his argument for this conclusion? Your answer should include what else he proposes as essential for ethics and why?
5. What do you think of the Dalai Lama's assessment of Utilitarianism and the ethics that he proposes as an alternative giving your argument for your position?