Examines ethical data from early and later sources in an attempt to understand the theoretical nature of Buddhist ethics and clarify it's role. The widely held view that ethics is only of limited or provisional validity is rejected as is the characterization of Buddhist ethics as "utilitarian". This book draws on the Aristotleian tradition of ethics in suggesting that moral as well as intellectual perfection is a constituent of the final good or nirvana.
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Examines ethical data from early and later sources in an attempt to understand the theoretical nature of Buddhist ethics and clarify it's role. The widely held view that ethics is only of limited or provisional validity is rejected as is the characterization of Buddhist ethics as "utilitarian". This book draws on the Aristotleian tradition of ethics in suggesting that moral as well as intellectual perfection is a constituent of the final good or nirvana.
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Good. 1992 first edition Macmillan Press Ltd. (Houndmills, England), 5 5/8 x 8 3/4 inches tall black cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, xi, 269 pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers, with bumping to the lower edge of the front cover. Otherwise, apart from a couple of instances of slight marginal soiling, a very good copy-clean, bright and unmarked-in a slightly creased dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~OO~ [2.0P] Examines ethical data from early and later sources in an attempt to understand the theoretical nature of Buddhist ethics and clarify its role. This book rejects the view that ethics are only of limited or provisional validity. Damien Keown (b. 1951) is a prominent bioethicist and authority on Buddhist bioethics.