Series statement from book jacket. ncludes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
31. Paul Waldau. Part I. Foundations. 1. Buddhism and animal rights / Peter Harvey -- 2. The Bodhisaatva precepts / Paul Groner -- 3. Ethics, meditation, and wisdom / Justin S. Whitaker and Douglass Smith -- Part II. Ethics and Buddhist traditions. 4. Moral development in the Jatakas, Avadanas, and Pali Nikayas / Martin T. Adam -- 5. The Vinaya / Charles S. Prebish -- 6. BhiksĐunĐi ordination / Bhukkhu Analayo -- 7. The changing way of the Bodhisattva: superheroes, saints, and social workers / Barbra Clayton -- 8. Madhyanaka ethics / Bronwyn Finnigan -- 9. Ethics in Pure Land schools / Michael Conway -- 10. A perspective on ethics in the Lotus Sutra / Gene Reeves -- 11. Ethics in zen / Christopher Ives -- 12. Tantric ethics / Gareth Sparham -- 13. Buddhist ethics in South and Southeast Asia / Juliana Essen -- 14. East Asian Buddhist ethics / Richard Madsen -- 15. Buddhist ethics in contemporary Tibet / Holly Gayley -- Part III. Comparative perspectives. 16 Buddhist ethics compared to Western ethics / Silavadin Maynerd Vasen -- 17. The psychology of moral judgment and perception in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist ethics / Emily McRae -- 18. Ethics without norms? Buddhist reductionism and the logical space of reasons / Dan Arnold -- Part IV. Buddhism and society. 19. The Buddhist just society / Peter Harvey -- 20. Buddhist economics: problems and possibilities / James Mark Shields -- 21. Buddhist environmental ethics: an emergent and contextual approach / Stephanie Kaza -- 22. Buddhism, war, and violence / Michael Jerryson -- 23. The ethics of engaged Buddhism in Asia / Sallie B. King -- 24. The ethics of engaged Buddhism in the West / Christopher Queen -- Part V. Contemporary issues. 25. Human rights / Damien Keown -- 26. Buddhism and women / Alice Collett -- 27. Buddhism and sexuality / Amy Paris Langenberg -- 28. Buddhist perspectives on abortion and reproduction / Michael G, Barnhart -- 29. Euthanasia / Damien Keown -- 30. Being and its other: suicide in Buddhist ethics / Martin Kovan -- 31. Buddhism and animal rights / Paul Waldau.
Summary:
A comprehensive overview of the study of Buddhist ethics in the twenty-first century.
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