The Many Voices of Buddhist Ethics
Year: 2015
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: This chapter first addresses the question of whether Buddhist ethical teachings can be brought under a single ethical theory. It considers opposing answers to this question and then looks at how it is possible to work toward a better understanding of normative teachings in the Buddhist tradition. It discusses the central terms appealed to in Buddhist discussions about how one ought to be and act. It also highlights a common claim of many forms of Buddhism that moral development and the recognition of no-self work together, as the common metaphor has it, like two wings of a bird.
Source: Oxford University Press eBooks
Authors: Charles Goodman, Sonam Thakchöe
Language: English
Topic: Indian and Buddhist Studies
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2237047291