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Author Cooper, David E

Title Buddhism, Virtue and Environment
Published Florence : Routledge, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (161 pages)
Series Ashgate World Philosophies Ser
Ashgate World Philosophies Ser
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Notes on References and Buddhist Terms; 1 Introduction: Virtue Ethics and Environmental Ethics; Two tendencies; Environmental ethics; Virtue ethics; Overview; 2 Virtues and Environment in Western Thought; Ancient virtues; Christianity and beyond; Virtue and nature; A short history of environmental ethics; Environmentalism and the neglect of virtue; 3 Buddhism and Ethics; Context; The central teachings; Sīla; The place of ethics; The Mahāyāna; 4 Buddhist Virtues; Eudaimonia and Buddhist felicity
Buddhism as a virtue ethicsComparisons and contrasts; Buddhist virtues (1): humility, self-mastery and equanimity; Buddhist virtues (2): solicitude, non-violence and 'responsibleness'; 5 Buddhism, Virtue and Environment; Taking stock; Nature, humanity and holism; Environmental virtues (1): self-transformation and nature; Environmental virtues (2): other-regarding virtues and nature; 6 Conclusion: the Viability of a Buddhist Environmental Ethic; Answering the sceptics; Parsimony and polarity; Bibliography; Index
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Form Electronic book
Author James, Simon P
ISBN 9781351954310
1351954318