Environmental Ethics In Buddhism A Virtues Approach Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism 1st Edition by Pragati Sahni 9780415396790 0415396794

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ISBN 10: 0415396794

ISBN 13: 9780415396790

Author: Pragati Sahni

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.

Table of contents:

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

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