BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 TOWARDS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS IN BUDDHISM; 2 NATURE: A "CONSERVATIONIST" ANALYSIS; 3 NATURE: A "COSMOLOGICAL" APPROACH; 4 ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUE ETHICS IN EARLY BUDDHISM; 5 THE ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUES OF EARLY BUDDHISM; 6 ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUE ETHICS IN THE JATAKAS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
With an innovative approach to the subject, this work gives a logical and thorough examination of the metaphysical and ethical dimensions of early Buddhist literature