Ambiguity and Conflict in the Study of Buddhist Ethics: An Introduction

As an introduction to this cluster of four essays on Buddhist ethics contributed by David Chappell, Charles Hallisey and Anne Hansen, Damien Keown, and Joe Bransford Wilson, I offer an overview of the developing scholarship in the field of Buddhist ethics, suggest the benefits of a shift- ing attent...

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Main Author: Prebish, Charles S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1996
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1996, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 295-303
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Summary:As an introduction to this cluster of four essays on Buddhist ethics contributed by David Chappell, Charles Hallisey and Anne Hansen, Damien Keown, and Joe Bransford Wilson, I offer an overview of the developing scholarship in the field of Buddhist ethics, suggest the benefits of a shift- ing attention away from the vinaya tradition toward a fuller consideration of sila and its applications, and offer some summary comments concerning the contribution made by each of the essays that follow.
ISSN:1467-9795
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics