Environmental Ethics in Buddhism: A Virtues Approach

ISBN-13: 9780415396790 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 210 str.

&. Ram Sahni; Pragati Sahni

Opis

Environmental Ethics in Buddhism presents a logical and thorough examination of the metaphysical and ethical dimensions of early Buddhist literature. The author determines the meaning of nature in the early Buddhist context from general Buddhist teachings on dhamma, paticcasamuppada, samsara and the cosmogony of the Agganna Sutta. Consequently, the author shows that early Buddhism can be understood as an environmental virtue ethics. To illustrate this dimension, the Jatakas are used as a source. These are a collection of over five hundred folk tales, which also belong to early Buddhist literature. This work gives an innovative approach to the subject, which puts forward a distinctly Buddhist environmental ethics that is in harmony with traditional teachings as well as adaptable and flexible in addressing environmental problems.

Spis treści

 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

O autorze

Pragati Sahni is currently Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Delhi University. Her current research interests include Environmental Philosophy, Applied Ethics and Early Buddhist Philosophy. She has published some articles and has been a recipient of the Commonwealth Scholarship.