The Oxford handbook of Buddhist ethics /edited by Daniel Cozort and James Mark Shields.
Buddhist ethics
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource.
- Oxford handbooks online .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Moral Development in the Jātakas, Avadānas, and Pāli Nikāyas / Madhyamaka Ethics / Buddhist Ethics in Contemporary Tibet / The Bodhisattva Precepts / Karma / The Buddhist Just Society / Ethics in Zen / Buddhist Environmental Ethics: An Emergent and Contextual Approach / Human Rights / Euthanasia / Bhiksuni Ordination / The Ethics of Engaged Buddhism in Asia / Being and its Other: Suicide in Buddhist Ethics / Buddhism and Sexuality / East Asian Buddhist Ethics / The Psychology of Moral Judgment and Perception in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Ethics / The Vinaya / The Ethics of Engaged Buddhism in the West / A Perspective on Ethics in the Lotus Sūtra / Buddhist Economics / Tantric Ethics / Ethics without Norms? Buddhist Reductionism and the Logical Space of Reasons / Buddhist Ethics Compared to Western Ethics / Ethics, Meditation, and Wisdom / Buddhism and Animal Rights / Introduction / Buddhist Perspectives on Abortion and Reproduction / The Changing Way of the Bodhisattva: Superheroes, Saints, and Social Workers / Buddhism and Women / Ethics in Pure Land Schools / Buddhism, War, and Violence / Buddhist Ethics in South and Southeast Asia / Martin Adam -- Bronwyn Finnigan -- Holly Gayley -- Paul Groner -- Peter Harvey -- Peter Harvey -- Christopher Ives -- Stephanie Kaza -- Damien Keown -- Damien Keown -- Bhikkhu Analayo -- Sallie B. King -- Martin Kovan -- Amy Paris Langenberg -- Richard Madsen -- Emily Mcrae -- Charles S. Prebish -- Christopher Queen -- Gene Reeves -- James Mark Shields -- Gareth Sparham -- Dan Arnold -- S�ilavādin Meynard Vasen -- Justin S. Whitaker, Douglass Smith -- Paul Waldau -- Daniel Cozort, James Mark Shields -- Michael Barnhart -- Barbra R. Clayton -- Alice Collett -- Michael Conway -- Michael Jerryson -- Juliana Essen.
Many forms of Buddhism, divergent in philosophy and style, emerged as Buddhism filtered out of India into other parts of Asia. Nonetheless, all of them embodied an ethical core that is remarkably consistent. Articulated by the historical Buddha in his first sermon, this moral core is founded on the concept of karma - that intentions and actions have future consequences for an individual - and is summarized as Right Speech, Right Action, and Right Livelihood, three of the elements of the Eightfold Path. Although they were later elaborated and interpreted in a multitude of ways, none of these core principles were ever abandoned. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the field of Buddhist ethics in the twenty-first century.