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A mirror is for reflection : understanding Buddhist ethics / edited by Jake H. Davis.
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English
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Description
xxv, 358 pages ; 24 cm
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Oxford Scholarship - Oxford University Press: Philosophy
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BJ1289 .M567 2017
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Davis, Jake H.
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This volume offers a rich and accessible introduction to contemporary research on Buddhist ethical thought. It includes contributions of many of the leading scholars in this field, on topics including the nature of Buddhist ethics, karma and rebirth, mindfulness, narrative, intention, free will, politics, anger, and equanimity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part One: Buddhist Ethics and Western Categories
1. "It's Ethics, Jim, but Not as We Know It": Reflections on the Absence of Moral Philosophy in Buddhism
2. The Nature of a Buddhist Path
3. Buddhist Moral Thought and Western Moral Philosophy
Part Two: Constructing Buddhist Ethics
4. Zen Buddhism and the Space of Ethics
5. Buddhist Ethics: A Perspective
6. Breaking Good: Moral Agency, Neuroethics, and the Spontaneity of Compassion
Part Three: Karma and Rebirth
7. Modern and Traditional Understandings of Karma
8. Buddhism without Reincarnation? Examining the Prospects of a "Naturalized" Buddhism
9. The Problems and Promise of Karma from an Engaged Buddhist Perspective
Part Four: Mindfulness, Memory, and Virtue
10. Ethical Reading and the Ethics of Forgetting and Remembering
11. Mindfulness and Ethics: Attention, Virtue, and Perfection
12. "When You Know for Yourselves": Mindfulness, Wisdom, and the Qualities of Heart
Part Five: Intention and Action
13. The Dynamics of Intention, Freedom, and Habituation according to Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakośabhāṣya
14. What Do Buddhists Think about Free Will?
15. Buddhist Reductionist Action Theory
Part Six: Politics, Anger, and Equanimity
16. The Inherent Dignity of Empty Persons
17. Ethics without Justice: Eliminating the Roots of Resentment
18. Equanimity in Relationship: Responding to Moral Ugliness.
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ISBN
9780190499761 ((paperback : alkaline paper))
0190499761 ((paperback : alkaline paper))
9780190499778 ((hardcover : alkaline paper))
019049977X ((hardcover : alkaline paper))
LCCN
2017001448
OCLC
983824595
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