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.
目錄:
1. Shared foundations of Buddhist ethics
2. Key Buddhist values
3. Mahayana emphases and adaptations
4. Attitude to and treatment of the natural world
5. Economic ethics
6. War and peace
7. Suicide and euthanasia
8. Abortion and contraception
9. The status of women: women in early Hinduism
10. Homosexuality and other forms of ''Queerness''