An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues (Introduction to Religion) - Hardcover

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Harvey, Peter

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9780521553940: An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues (Introduction to Religion)
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ISBN 10: 0521553946 ISBN 13: 9780521553940
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

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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Book Description

This systematic introduction to Buddhist ethics is aimed at anyone interested in Buddhism, including students, scholars and general readers. Peter Harvey is author of the acclaimed Introduction to Buddhism (Cambridge, 1990), and his new book is written in a clear style, applying Buddhist ethics to issues of contemporary concern.

About the Author

Peter Harvey is Emeritus Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Sunderland. He is author of An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues (Cambridge University Press, 2000) and The Selfless Mind: Personality, Consciousness and Nirv na in Early Buddhism (1995). He is editor of the Buddhist Studies Review.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521553946
ISBN 13 
9780521553940
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
500
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