A Buddhist theory of killing : a philosophical exposition / Martin Kovan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kovan, Martin, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Violence.

Death--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Death.

Buddhist philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, [2022]

Contents:

Chapter 1. General Introduction

Part 1. Foundations: The Nature of the Problem

Chapter 2. Introduction: Text and tradition: an overview of sources

Chapter 3. Canonical Buddhist discourse on killing

Chapter 4. Interpreting the precept: evaluative criteria in the Theravada

Chapter 5. Mahayana exceptionalism and the lethal act

Chapter 6. Affect and cognition: unwholesome consciousness, hatred, wrong view, and delusion

Chapter 7. Buddhist personhood and a doxastic rationale for killing

Part 2. Constructions: The Nature of the Act

Chapter 8. Critique of the conventional: the cessation of volition and Buddhist dualism of the person

Chapter 9. Constituting the other: the conventional identity of persons

Chapter 10. Persons as the objects of lethal justice

Chapter 11. Killing and oblivion: the obviation of suffering

Chapter 12. Representational persons: identity as the object of killing

Chapter 13. Conclusion: Buddhist violence, self-defence, and the end of life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 6, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9789811924415

9811924414

Publisher Number:

99991185530

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.