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An introduction to Buddhist ethics : foundations, values, and issues / Peter Harvey.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Introduction to religionPublisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (xx, 478 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 0511077416
  • 9780511077418
  • 9780511800801
  • 0511800800
  • 0511075847
  • 9780511075841
  • 1283331446
  • 9781283331449
  • 9780511202049
  • 0511202040
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Introduction to Buddhist ethics.DDC classification:
  • 294.3/5 22
LOC classification:
  • BJ1289 .H37 2000eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 11.93
  • BE 8540
  • RR 50962
Online resources:
Contents:
[ch.] 1. The shared foundations of Buddhist ethics -- [ch.] 2. Key Buddhist values -- [ch.] 3. Mahāyāna emphases and adaptations -- [ch.] 4. Attitude to and treatment of the natural world -- [ch.] 5. Economic ethics -- [ch.] 6. War and peace -- [ch.] 7. Suicide and euthanasia -- [ch.] 8. Abortion and contraception -- [ch.] 9. Sexual equality -- [ch.] 10. Homosexuality and other forms of 'queerness'.
Review: "This systemic introduction to Buddhist ethics is aimed at anyone interested in Buddhism, including students, scholars and general readers. At the same time it develops a careful, probing analysis of the nature and practical dynamics of Buddhist ethnics both in its unifying themes and in the particularities of different Buddhist traditions. The book applies Buddhist ethics to a range of issues of contemporary concern: humanity's relationship with the rest of nature; economics; war and peace; euthanasia; abortion; sexual equality; and homosexuality. Professor Harvey draws on texts of the main Buddhist traditions, and on historical and contemporary accounts of the behaviour of Buddhists, to describe existing Buddhist ethics, to assess different views within it, and to extend its application into new areas."--Jacket
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)125018

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

[ch.] 1. The shared foundations of Buddhist ethics -- [ch.] 2. Key Buddhist values -- [ch.] 3. Mahāyāna emphases and adaptations -- [ch.] 4. Attitude to and treatment of the natural world -- [ch.] 5. Economic ethics -- [ch.] 6. War and peace -- [ch.] 7. Suicide and euthanasia -- [ch.] 8. Abortion and contraception -- [ch.] 9. Sexual equality -- [ch.] 10. Homosexuality and other forms of 'queerness'.

Print version record.

"This systemic introduction to Buddhist ethics is aimed at anyone interested in Buddhism, including students, scholars and general readers. At the same time it develops a careful, probing analysis of the nature and practical dynamics of Buddhist ethnics both in its unifying themes and in the particularities of different Buddhist traditions. The book applies Buddhist ethics to a range of issues of contemporary concern: humanity's relationship with the rest of nature; economics; war and peace; euthanasia; abortion; sexual equality; and homosexuality. Professor Harvey draws on texts of the main Buddhist traditions, and on historical and contemporary accounts of the behaviour of Buddhists, to describe existing Buddhist ethics, to assess different views within it, and to extend its application into new areas."--Jacket