It is difficult to think of a more urgent question for Buddhism in
the late 20th century than human rights. The political ethical and
philosophical questions surrounding human rights are debated
vigorously in political and intellectual circles throughout the
world. Yet despite its contemporary significance, the subject has
merited little attention in mainstream academic research and
publication in the field of Buddhist studies. If Buddhism wishes to
address the issues which are of concern to today's global
community, it must begin to ask itself new questions alongside the
old ones. The papers in this collection were presented at the first
online conference sponsored by the Journal of Buddhist ethics from
1-13 October 1995. In the context of human rights, which was the
theme of the conference, an important preliminary question would
seem to be whether traditional Buddhism has any understanding of
what is meant by "human rights" at all. Even if it is felt that
this objection is overstated, and that the issue of human rights
does not have a legitimate place on the Buddhist agenda, there
would still remain the separate and no less difficult question of
how human rights were to be groun
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