Buddhist Ethics A Philosophical Exploration |
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| Author:
| Garfield, Jay L. |
| Series title: | Buddhist Philosophy for Philosophers Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-090764-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2021 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $26.99 |
Book Description:
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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 thatis concerned with the ways in...
More DescriptionBuddhist 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 thatis concerned with the ways in which we experience ourselves as agents and others as moral fellows.