Buddhist ethics / Damien Keown.
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TextSeries: Vsi:pPublication details: New York ; New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2005Edition: 1st editionDescription: 147 p.; 18 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0195687272DDC classification: 294.35 Summary: "Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction brings together two largely independent fields of knowledge: Buddhism and ethics. Historically, ethics has not received as much attention in traditional Buddhist thought as it has in the West. This VSI looks at why, covering Buddhist attitudes to animals and the environment, sexuality and gender, war, terrorism, abortion, suicide, euthanasia and science, and biomedical technologies such as cloning and gene editing. While some aspects of the Buddhist moral code are familiar and have themes in common with Christianity, others - like karma and rebirth - are less common in the West. Buddhist positions on moral issues are complex and often more conservative than they first appear"-- Provided by publisher.
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| JKRC Social Science Complex | JKRC Social Science Complex | 294.35 KEO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Acc.No. 493 | IDS242 |
"Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction brings together two largely independent fields of knowledge: Buddhism and ethics. Historically, ethics has not received as much attention in traditional Buddhist thought as it has in the West. This VSI looks at why, covering Buddhist attitudes to animals and the environment, sexuality and gender, war, terrorism, abortion, suicide, euthanasia and science, and biomedical technologies such as cloning and gene editing. While some aspects of the Buddhist moral code are familiar and have themes in common with Christianity, others - like karma and rebirth - are less common in the West. Buddhist positions on moral issues are complex and often more conservative than they first appear"-- Provided by publisher.
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