Buddhism, Virtue and Environment

David E. Cooper, Simon P. James (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

170 Seiten

2005
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-3910-7 (ISBN)

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Buddhism, one increasingly hears, is an 'eco-friendly' religion. It is often said that this is because it promotes an 'ecological' view of things, one stressing the essential unity of human beings and the natural world. Buddhism, Virtue and Environment presents a different view. While agreeing that Buddhism is, in many important respects, in tune with environmental concerns, Cooper and James argue that what makes it 'green' is its view of human life. The true connection between the religion and environmental thought is to be found in Buddhist accounts of the virtues - those traits, such as compassion, equanimity and humility, that characterise the life of a spiritually enlightened individual. Central chapters of this book examine these virtues and their implications for environmental attitudes and practice. Buddhism, Virtue and Environment will be of interest not only to students and teachers of Buddhism and environmental ethics, but to those more generally engaged with moral philosophy. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book presents an original conception of Buddhist environmental thought. The authors also contribute to the wider debate on the place of ethics in Buddhist teachings and practices, and to debates within 'virtue ethics' on the relations between human well-being and environmental concern.

David E. Cooper is Professor of Philosophy, Durham University, UK and Simon P. James is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Durham University, UK

Contents: Introduction: virtue ethics and environmental ethics; Virtues and environment in western thought; Buddhism and ethics; Buddhist virtues; Buddhism, virtue and environment; Conclusion: the viability of a Buddhist environmental ethic; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.2.2005
Reihe/Serie	Ashgate World Philosophies Series
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	0-7546-3910-X / 075463910X
ISBN-13	978-0-7546-3910-7 / 9780754639107
Zustand	Neuware