The Nature of Buddhist Ethics

Damien Keown (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

269 Seiten

1992
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-55263-6 (ISBN)

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Examines ethical data from early and later sources in an attempt to understand the theoretical nature of Buddhist ethics and clarify its role. This book rejects the view that ethics are only of limited or provisional validity.

Examines ethical data from early and later sources in an attempt to understand the theoretical nature of Buddhist ethics and clarify it's role. The widely held view that ethics is only of limited or provisional validity is rejected as is the characterization of Buddhist ethics as "utilitarian". This book draws on the Aristotleian tradition of ethics in suggesting that moral as well as intellectual perfection is a constituent of the final good or nirvana.

DAMIEN KEOWN is Reader in Buddhism in the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is founding co-editor of the Journal of Buddhist Ethics and has authored and edited several books on Buddhist Ethics including Buddhism and Bioethics, Buddhism and Abortion, and Buddhism and Human Rights (co-editor).

Preface List of Abbreviations The Study of Buddhist Ethics Aspects of Sila Ethics and Psychology The Transcendency Thesis Ethics and Soteriology Ethics in the Mahayana Buddhism and Utilitarianism Buddhism and Aristotle Conclusion Notes Bibliography General Index Index of Names

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.6.1992
Zusatzinfo	biography
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	510 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	0-333-55263-6 / 0333552636
ISBN-13	978-0-333-55263-6 / 9780333552636
Zustand	Neuware