Jessica Locke

Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland

Jessica Locke is an associate professor of philosophy at Loyola University Maryland, with particular interests in Buddhist and Western moral psychology, cross-cultural philosophy and phenomenology.

Written by Jessica Locke

A Buddha statue sitting on rocks with a burnt-out car and leafless trees in the background, indicating a scene of destruction.

essayPhilosophy of religion

Reckoning with compassion

After an abuse scandal destroyed my Buddhist community, I had to reconsider what it means to live an ethically attuned life

Jessica Locke