Buddhist ethics : a philosophical exploration /
Jay L. Garfield.
- xiv, 231 pages ; 24 cm.
- Buddhist philosophy for philosophers .
- Buddhist philosophy for philosophers. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-213) and index.
Machine generated contents note: STRUCTURE -- Methodological Introduction -- The Broad Structure of Buddhist Ethics -- Buddhist Ethics as Moral Phenomenology -- Agency and Moral Psychology -- Narrative in Buddhist Ethics -- DOCTRINE -- The Four Noble Truths -- Path as a Structure for Buddhist Ethics -- The Six Perfections in the Mahayana -- The Brahmaviharas and the Achievement of Nonegocentricity -- The Importance of Vow -- CONTEMPORARY ISSUES -- Naturalism -- Engaged Buddhism -- Coda: What Buddhist Ethics Brings to the Table. pt. I 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. pt. II 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. pt. III 11. 12. 13.
"'Buddhist Ethics' presents an outline of Buddhist ethical thought. It is not a defense of Buddhist approaches to ethics as opposed to any other, nor is it a critique of the Western tradition. Garfield presents a broad overview of a range of Buddhist approaches to the question of moral philosophy. He argues that while there are important points of contact with these Western frameworks, Buddhist ethics is distinctive, and is a kind of moral phenomenology that is concerned with the ways in which we experience ourselves as agents and others as moral fellows"--
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Buddhist ethics. Morale bouddhique. Buddhist ethics.