An introduction to Buddhist ethics : foundations, values, and issues /
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| Author / Creator: | Harvey, Peter (Brian Peter) |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2000. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 478 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Introduction to Religion Introduction to religion. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11132726 |
| Summary: | This systematic introduction to Buddhist ethics is aimed at anyone interested in Buddhism, including students, scholars and general readers. Peter Harvey is the author of the acclaimed Introduction to Buddhism (Cambridge, 1990), and his new book is written in a clear style, assuming no prior knowledge. At the same time it develops a careful, probing analysis of the nature and practical dynamics of Buddhist ethics in both 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; the status of women; 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 478 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0511077416 9780511077418 9780511800801 0511800800 0511075847 9780511075841 1283331446 9781283331449 9780511202049 0511202040 0521553946 9780521553940 0521556406 9780521556408 |