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Recent interest in Buddhist thought has grown dramatically, and with it the desire to understand contemporary ethics from a Buddhist perspective. Looking at issues such as animal rights the environment, abortion and cloning, the author explains mainstream Buddhist teachings on a wide range of debates.Tags
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Bit disappointed about the bias towards Mahayana Buddhism.
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Damien Keown is Reader in Buddhism, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the author of several books on Buddhism
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
- Original title
- Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
- Original publication date
- 2005
- First words
- Morality is woven into the fabric of Buddhist teachings and there is no major branch or school of Buddhism that fails to emphasize the importance of the moral life.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Scientific curiosity seems to be the main factor motivating cloning experiments at present, and overall Buddhists are likely to be sceptical about the need for this curiosity to be satisfied at the price of destroying human life.
- Blurbers
- Harris, Ian
- Original language
- English
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- Members
- 287
- Popularity
- 111,799
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.08)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 11
- ASINs
- 4
