01586nam a22003015i 4500 230 230 21344002 OSt 20211221063251.0 191223s2020 nyu 000 0 eng 2019957616 0195687272 (paperback) 9780195687279 DLC eng rda DLC 23 294.35 KEO Keown, Damien, author. Buddhist ethics / Damien Keown. 1st edition. New York ; New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2005 147 p.; 18 cm., text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Vsi:p "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. 0 ibc orignew 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg ddc 01 23 0 0 ddc 0 0 01 01 2020-08-25 0 294.35 KEO IDS242 2020-08-25 165.00 2020-08-25 01 Acc.No. 493