Consequences of compassion: an interpretation and defense of Buddhist ethics

Name: Consequences of compassion: an interpretation and defense of Buddhist ethics
Author: Charles Goodman

Author

Charles Goodman

Publisher

Oxford University Press

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Title and Author

Consequences of compassion: an interpretation and defense of Buddhist ethics / Charles Goodman

Publication Details

آکسفورد : Oxford University Press، 2009م

Physical Description

viii, 250 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

Buddhist ethics

Language

انگلیسی

Includes bibliographical references )p. ]932[-642( and index.

Contents

Fundamental Buddhist teachings -- Main features of some western ethical theories -- Teravada ethics as rule-consequentialism -- Mahayana ethics before Santideva and after -- Transcending ethics -- Buddhist ethics and the demands of consequentialism -- Buddhism on moral responsibility -- Punishment -- Objections and replies -- A Buddhist response to Kant

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