RT Book
T1 An introduction to Buddhist ethics: foundations, values, and issues
T2 Introduction to religion
A1 Harvey, Peter 1951-
LA English
PP Cambridge, UK New York, NY Port Melbourne, Australia Madrid, Spain Cape Town, South Africa
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2000
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/883326752
AB This systematic introduction to Buddhist ethics is aimed at anyone interested in Buddhism, including students, scholars and general readers. Peter Harvey is the author of the acclaimed Introduction to Buddhism (Cambridge, 1990), and his new book is written in a clear style, assuming no prior knowledge. At the same time it develops a careful, probing analysis of the nature and practical dynamics of Buddhist ethics in both its unifying themes and in the particularities of different Buddhist traditions. The book applies Buddhist ethics to a range of issues of contemporary concern: humanity's relationship with the rest of nature; economics; war and peace; euthanasia; abortion; the status of women; and homosexuality. Professor Harvey draws on texts of the main Buddhist traditions, and on historical and contemporary accounts of the behaviour of Buddhists, to describe existing Buddhist ethics, to assess different views within it, and to extend its application into new areas.
CN BJ1289
SN 978-0-511-80080-1
K1 Buddhist ethics
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511800801