{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-buddhist-ethics-foundations-values-and-issues-paperback-9780521556408","title":"An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics; Foundations, Values and Issues (Paperback) 9780521556408","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAn Introduction to Buddhist Ethics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFoundations, Values and Issues\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA systematic introduction to Buddhist ethics aimed at anyone interested in Buddhism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Harvey (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521556408, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 June 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e500 pages, 10 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.73 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This volume will undoubtedly carve out a niche for itself in terms of the information it provides, for both the general audience and the serious scholar.' Religion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Shared foundations of Buddhist ethics: sources of guidance to Buddhists\u003cbr\u003e Rebirth and karma\u003cbr\u003e The four noble truths\u003cbr\u003e Philosophy of action\u003cbr\u003e 2. Key Buddhist values\u003cbr\u003e giving\u003cbr\u003e Keeping the lay precepts\u003cbr\u003e Monastic values\u003cbr\u003e Ethics of inter-personal relationships\u003cbr\u003e Loving kindness and compassion\u003cbr\u003e Social ethics\u003cbr\u003e 3. Mahayana emphases and adaptations: the path of the Bodhisattva\u003cbr\u003e The ethics of the Bodhisattva\u003cbr\u003e Skilful means and overriding precepts\u003cbr\u003e Specific strands of Mahayana thought and practice\u003cbr\u003e Mahayana reassessment of monasticism\u003cbr\u003e 4. Attitude to and treatment of the natural world\u003cbr\u003e Humanity's place in nature\u003cbr\u003e Non-harming of animals\u003cbr\u003e Positive regard, and help, for animals\u003cbr\u003e Plants, trees and forests\u003cbr\u003e Conservation and environmentalism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Economic ethics\u003cbr\u003e Lay economic ethics\u003cbr\u003e The monastic economy\u003cbr\u003e Buddhism and capitalism: Weber's 'Protestant Ethic' thesis\u003cbr\u003e 'Buddhist economics'\u003cbr\u003e Buddhism and economics in the modern world\u003cbr\u003e 6. War and peace\u003cbr\u003e Buddhist analyses of the causes of conflict\u003cbr\u003e Solutions to conflict\u003cbr\u003e Non-violent reflections on a violent world\u003cbr\u003e The position of the soldier\u003cbr\u003e Buddhist 'justifications' of and involvement in, violence\u003cbr\u003e Buddhist action for peace in the modern world\u003cbr\u003e 7. Suicide and euthanasia\u003cbr\u003e considerations and arguments against suicide\u003cbr\u003e Suicide and the precepts\u003cbr\u003e Euthanasia\u003cbr\u003e 8. Abortion and contraception\u003cbr\u003e Embryonic life\u003cbr\u003e Abortion and Buddhist principles\u003cbr\u003e Contraception\u003cbr\u003e Abortion in Buddhist cultures\u003cbr\u003e Anti-abortion but pro-choice?: the relationship between morality and law\u003cbr\u003e 9. The status of women: women in early Hinduism\u003cbr\u003e the effect of Buddhism\u003cbr\u003e The spiritual potential and achievement of women\u003cbr\u003e Gender, rebirth and the status of women\u003cbr\u003e Views on spiritual statuses unattainable by women\u003cbr\u003e Images of wise and wayward women\u003cbr\u003e Ascetic wariness of the opposite sex\u003cbr\u003e The ordination of women\u003cbr\u003e Nuns and other female religious roles in Buddhist cultures\u003cbr\u003e Lay women in Buddhist texts\u003cbr\u003e Lay women in Buddhist cultures\u003cbr\u003e 10. Homosexuality and other forms of 'Queerness'\u003cbr\u003e Sex change\u003cbr\u003e Hermaphrodites\u003cbr\u003e Pandakas\u003cbr\u003e Homosexual acts\u003cbr\u003e Homosexuality in Buddhist cultures.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Buddhism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Buddhism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Buddhism%20%5BHRE%5D%22\"\u003eHRE\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001127260440,"sku":"9780521556408","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521556408i_b83d497d-339f-46e9-b47e-c505f4329310.jpg?v=1691369625","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/an-introduction-to-buddhist-ethics-foundations-values-and-issues-paperback-9780521556408","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}