![]() Knowing he would be cremated, when he was dying he stuffed his pockets with gunpowder and fireworks, so that his followers would burst into laughter as his corpse exploded on the funeral pyre. Consider, for instance, the Chinese monk Budhai, a quasi-historical figure in Buddhism. Mischievous people tend also to have an excellent sense of humour, and this is a virtue that cannot be praised too highly. ![]() Unsurprisingly, then, one main virtue of mischievous people is their correspondingly light-hearted temperament. In essence, mischief is a playful form of trouble-making. But does this mean there is something virtuous, or even noble, about mischief and mischievous people? Tales of mischief are not only amusing, but they also elicit within us a certain kind of sympathy. When not writing philosophy, he also produces essays, poetry, and both longer and shorter fiction. His primary research interests are metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, and meta-ethics. Alex Moran, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, explains why.ĭr Alex Moran is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, who will shortly be taking up a post as an IRC post-doctoral researcher at Trinity College Dublin.
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