The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Ethics

NOTE EDITORE

Many forms of Buddhism, divergent in philosophy and style, emerged as Buddhism filtered out of India into other parts of Asia. Nonetheless, all of them embodied an ethical core that is remarkably consistent. Articulated by the historical Buddha in his first sermon, this moral core is founded on the concept of karma—that intentions and actions have future consequences for an individual—and is summarized as Right Speech, Right Action, and Right Livelihood, three of the elements of the Eightfold Path. Although they were later elaborated and interpreted in a multitude of ways, none of these core principles were ever abandoned. The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Ethics provides a comprehensive overview of the field of Buddhist ethics in the twenty-first century. The Handbook discusses the foundations of Buddhist ethics focusing on karma and the precepts looking at abstinence from harming others, stealing, and intoxication. It considers ethics in the different Buddhist traditions and the similarities they share, and compares Buddhist ethics to Western ethics and the psychology of moral judgments. The volume also investigates Buddhism and society analysing economics, environmental ethics, and Just War ethics. The final section focuses on contemporary issues surrounding Buddhist ethics, including gender, sexuality, animal rights, and euthanasia. This groundbreaking collection offers an indispensable reference work for students and scholars of Buddhist ethics and comparative moral philosophy.

SOMMARIO

1 - Karma2 - The Bodhisattva Precepts3 - Ethics, Meditation, and Wisdom4 - Moral Development in Early Buddhist Literature5 - The Vinaya6 - Bhiksuni Ordination7 - The Changing Way of the Bodhisattva8 - Madhyamaka Ethics9 - Ethics in Pure Land Schools10 - A Perspective on Ethics in the Lotus Sutra11 - Ethics in Zen12 - Tantric Ethics13 - Buddhist Ethics in South and Southeast Asia14 - East Asian Buddhist Ethics15 - Buddhist Ethics in Contemporary Tibet16 - Buddhist Ethics Compared to Western Ethics17 - Buddhism and the Psychology of Moral Judgments18 - Buddhist Reductionism and the Logical Space of Reasons19 - The Buddhist Just Society20 - Buddhist Economics21 - Buddhist Environmental Ethics22 - Buddhism, War, and Violence23 - The Ethics of Engaged Buddhism in Asia24 - The Ethics of Engaged Buddhism in the West25 - The Buddhist Basis for a Doctrine of Human Rights26 - Buddhism and Women27 - Buddhism and Sexuality28 - Buddhist Perspectives on Abortion and Reproduction29 - Buddhism and Euthanasia30 - Suicide in Buddhist Ethics31 - Buddhism and Animal Rights

AUTORE

Daniel Cozort is Professor of Religion at Dickinson College. He is the author of Unique Tenets of the Middle Way Consequence School (Snow Lion Publications, 2013) and Highest Yoga Tantra (Snow Lion Publications, 2005). James Mark Shields is Associate Professor of Comparative Humanities and Asian Thought at Bucknell University. His publications include Against Harmony: Progressive and Radical Buddhism in Modern Japan (Oxford University Press, 2017) and Critical Buddhism: Engaging with Modern Japanese Buddhist Thought (Ashgate, 2011).

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198837459
• Collana: Oxford Handbooks
• Dimensioni: 245 x 36.0 x 170 mm Ø 1202 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 704