The Nature of Buddhist Ethics

by Damien Keown

Book Overview

In this book the author considers data from both early and later schools of Buddhism in an attempt to provide an overall characterization of the structure of Buddhist ethics. The importance of ethics in the Buddha's teachings is widely acknowledged, but the pursuit of ethical ideals has up to now been widely held to be secondary to the attainment of knowledge. Drawing on the Aristotelian tradition of ethics the author argues against this intellectualization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333913094
• ISBN13: 9780333913093
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"