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9780333913093

The Nature of Buddhist Ethics

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    9780333913093

  • ISBN10:

    0333913094

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-06-02
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

Damien Keown examines early and later schools of Buddhism to provide a comprehensive account of the structure of Buddhist ethics. The importance of ethics in the Buddha's teachings is widely acknowledged, but the pursuit of ethical ideals has up to now been widely held to be secondary to the attainment of knowledge. Drawing on the Aristotelian tradition of ethics, Keown argues against this intellectualization of Buddhism and in favor of a new understanding of the tradition in terms of which ethics plays a central role.

Author Biography

Damien Keown is Reader in Buddhism in the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition ix
List of Abbreviations
x
The Study of Buddhist Ethics
1(24)
Aspects of Sila
25(32)
Ethics and Psychology
57(26)
The Transcendency Thesis
83(24)
Ethics and Soteriology
107(22)
Ethics in the Mahayana
129(36)
Buddhism and Utilitarianism
165(28)
Buddhism and Aristotle
193(36)
Conclusion 229(4)
Notes 233(18)
Bibliography 251(10)
General Index 261(6)
Index of Names 267

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