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Consequences of Compassion - An Interpretation and Defense of Buddhist Ethics (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,765
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Consequences of Compassion - An Interpretation and Defense of Buddhist Ethics (Hardcover): Charles Goodman

Consequences of Compassion - An Interpretation and Defense of Buddhist Ethics (Hardcover)

Charles Goodman

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To many Westerners, the most appealing teachings of the Buddhist tradition pertain to ethics. Many readers have drawn inspiration from Buddhism's emphasis on compassion, nonviolence, and tolerance, its concern for animals, and its models of virtue and self-cultivation. There has been, however, controversy and confusion about which Western ethical theories resemble Buddhist views and in what respects. In this book, Charles Goodman illuminates the relations between Buddhist concepts and Western ethical theories. Every version of Buddhist ethics, says Goodman, takes the welfare of sentient beings to be the only source of moral obligations. Buddhist ethics can thus be said to be based on compassion in the sense of a motivation to pursue the welfare of others. On this interpretation, the fundamental basis of the various forms of Buddhist ethics is the same as that of the welfarist members of the family of ethical theories that analytic philosophers call 'consequentialism.' Goodman uses this hypothesis to illuminate a variety of questions. He examines the three types of compassion practiced in Buddhism and argues for their implications for important issues in applied ethics, especially the justification of punishment and the question of equality.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2009
First published: February 2009
Authors: Charles Goodman (Associate Professor)
Dimensions: 240 x 163 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Paper over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-537519-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > Practical & applied ethics
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious life & practice > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > Practical & applied ethics
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious life & practice > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General
LSN: 0-19-537519-X
Barcode: 9780195375190

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