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Not-Self and respecting others
The place of ethics on the Path
Wise, skilful, wholesome actions
The Arahat as ‘beyond fruitful and deadening actions’
Criteria for differentiating good and bad actions
Comparisons with Western ethical systems
Intention, knowledge and degrees of unwholesomeness in actions
CHAPTER 2 Key Buddhist values
Sharing karmic fruitfulness
The first precept: non-injury
The second precept: avoiding theft and cheating
The third precept: avoiding sexual misconduct
The fourth precept: avoiding lying and other forms of wrong speech
The fifth precept: sobriety
The nature of the precepts and precept-taking
Partial precept-taking and the issue of precept-breaking
The monastic code of discipline
Harmony, sharing and spiritual companionship
THE ETHICS OF INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
LOVINGKINDNESS AND COMPASSION
Social cohesion and equality
‘Human rights’ and Buddhism
Declaration of Interdependence Preamble
CHAPTER 3 Mahayana emphases and adaptations
THE PATH OF THE BODHISATTVA
Compassion and wisdom in the Mahayana
The arising of the thought of enlightenment
Developing the Bodhisattva perfections
THE ETHICS OF THE BODHISATTVA
SKILFUL MEANS AND OVERRIDING THE PRECEPTS
Compassionate stealing, non-celibacy, and lying
Who may perform such acts, and are they obligatory?
SPECIFIC STRANDS OF MAHAYANA THOUGHT AND PRACTICE
MAHAYANA REASSESSMENTS OF MONASTICISM
CHAPTER 4 Attitude to and treatment of the natural world
HUMANITY’S PLACE IN NATURE
Meat eating in early and Theravada Buddhism
Meat eating in Mahayana Buddhism
POSITIVE REGARD, AND HELP, FOR ANIMALS
PLANTS, TREES AND FORESTS
CONSERVATION AND ENVIROMENTALISM
CHAPTER 5 Economic ethics
Moral and spiritual qualities aiding worldly success
Appropriate uses of income
Buddhist giving and its socio-economic impact
The Buddhist attitude to wealth
Economic ethics for rulers
The justice of economic distribution
BUDDHISM AND CAPITALISM: WEBER’S ‘PROTESTANT ETHIC’ THESIS
The purpose of economics and a critique of consumerism
Critiques of capitalist and Marxist development models
BUDDHISM AND ECONOMICS IN THE MODERN WORLD
The Sarvodaya Sramadana movement in Sri Lanka
Buddhist elements in the modern Japanese economy
BUDDHIST ANALYSES OF THE CAUSES OF CONFLICT
Negotiation and emphasizing the mutual harm of war
A non-violent moral stance
Reflections to undermine hatred and develop patience
Forbearance and forgiveness
NON-VIOLENT REFLECTIONS ON A VIOLENT WORLD
THE POSITION OF THE SOLDIER
BUDDHIST ‘JUSTIFICATIONS’ OF, AND INVOLVEMENT IN, VIOLENCE
BUDDHIST ACTION FOR PEACE IN THE MODERN WORLD
Peace activities of Japanese Nichiren-based schools
Sarvodaya Sramadana as a force for defusing conflict in Sri Lanka
Buddhist action to heal Cambodia
CHAPTER 7 Suicide and euthanasia
CONSIDERATIONS AND ARGUMENTS AGAINST SUICIDE
Buddhist reasons for rejecting euthanasia
Cases of non-intended death
The question of the criteria of death
CHAPTER 8 Abortion and contraception
ABORTION AND BUDDHIST PRINCIPLES
Relevance of the age of the foetus
Possible grounds for abortion
ABORTION IN BUDDHIST CULTURES
Lands of Southern Buddhism
Lands of Eastern Buddhism, especially Japan
ANTI-ABORTION BUT PRO-CHOICE? THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MORALITY AND LAW
CHAPTER 9 Sexual equality
THE SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL AND ACHIEVEMENT OF WOMEN
Mahayana images of female spiritual perfection
GENSER, REBIRTH AND THE STATUS OF WOMEN
VIEWS ON SPIRITUAL STATUSES UNATTAINABLE BY WOMEN
IMAGES OF WISE AND WAYWARD WOMEN
ASCETIC WARINESS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX
NUNS AND OTHER FEMALE RELIGIOUS ROLES IN BUDDHIST CULTURES
Lands of Eastern Buddhism
Lands of Southern Buddhism
Lands of Northern Buddhism
LAYWOMEN IN BUDDHIST TEXTS
LAYWOMEN IN BUDDHIST CULTURES
Lands of Southern Buddhism
Lands of Eastern Buddhism
Lands of Northern Buddhism
CHAPTER 10 Homosexuality and other forms of ‘queerness’
Sexual behaviour of pandakas
The psychological nature and limited potential of pandakas
HOMOSEXUALITY IN BUDDHIST CULTURES
Lands of Southern Buddhism
Lands of Eastern Buddhism
Glossary and details of historical figures and texts
Index of Buddhist texts, schools, cultural areas, movements and organizations
An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics
：Foundations, Values and Issues
( Introduction to Religion )
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