Buddhist ethics : a philosophical exploration / Jay L. Garfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garfield, Jay L., 1955- author.

Series:

Buddhist philosophy for philosophers.

Buddhist philosophy for philosophers

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist ethics.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Philosophical exploration

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

'Buddhist Ethics' presents an outline of Buddhist ethical thought. It is not a defense of Buddhist approaches to ethics as opposed to any other, nor is it a critique of the Western tradition. Garfield presents a broad overview of a range of Buddhist approaches to the question of moral philosophy. He argues that while there are important points of contact with these Western frameworks, Buddhist ethics is distinctive, and is a kind of moral phenomenology that is concerned with the ways in which we experience ourselves as agents and others as moral fellows.

Contents:

Part one. Structure. 1. Methodological introduction

2. The Broad structure of Buddhist ethics

3. Buddhist Ethics as moral phenomenology

4. Agency and moral psychology

5. Narrative in Buddhist ethics

Part two. Doctrine. 6. The four noble truths

7. Path as a structure for Buddhist ethics

8. The six perfections in the Mahayana

9. The Brahmaviharas and the achievement of nonegocentricity

10. The importance of vow

Part three. Contemporary issues. 11. Naturalism

12. Engaged Buddhism

13. Coda: What Buddhist ethics brings to the table.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-213) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-090766-5

0-19-090767-3