A Mirror Is for Reflection
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This volume offers a rich and accessible introduction to contemporary research on Buddhist ethical thought for interested students and scholars, yet also offers chapters taking up more technical philosophical and textual topics. A Mirror Is For Reflection offers a snapshot of the present state of academic investigation into the nature of Buddhist Ethics, including contributions from many of the leading figures in the academic study of Buddhist philosophy. Over the past decade many scholars have come to think that the project of fitting Buddhist ethical thought into Western philosophical categories may be of limited utility, and the focus of investigation has shifted in a number of new directions. This volume includes contemporary perspectives on topics including the nature of Buddhist ethics as a whole, karma and rebirth, mindfulness, narrative, intention, free will, politics, anger, and equanimity. (Source: Oxford University Press)
Citation
Davis, Jake H., ed. A Mirror Is for Reflection: Understanding Buddhist Ethics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
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- Foreword: Cross-Cultural Philosophy and the Moral Project—Owen Flanaganxi
- Acknowledgmentsxix
- Contributorsxxi
- Introduction—Jake H. Davis1
- PART ONE: Buddhist Ethics and Western Categories
- 1. "It's Ethics, Jim, but Not as We Know It": Reflections on the Absence of Moral Philosophy in Buddhism
—Damien Keown17 - 2. The Nature of a Buddhist Path—Bronwyn Finnigan33
- 3. Buddhist Moral Thought and Western Moral Philosophy—Christopher W. Gowans53
- PART TWO: Constructing Buddhist Ethics
- 4. Zen Buddhism and the Space of Ethics—Jin Y. Park73
- 5. Buddhist Ethics: A Perspective—Graham Priest92
- 6. Breaking Good: Moral Agency, Neuroethics, and the Spontaneity of Compassion—Christian Coseru109
- PART THREE: Karma and Rebirth
- 7. Modern and Traditional Understandings of Karma—Charles Goodman131
- 8. Buddhism without Reincarnation? Examining the Prospects of a "Naturalized" Buddhism—Jan Westerhoff146
- 9. The Problems and Promise of Karma from an Engaged Buddhist Perspective—Sallie B. King166
- PART FOUR: Mindfulness, Memory, and Virtue
- 10. Ethical Reading and the Ethics of Forgetting and Remembering—Sara McClintock185
- 11. Mindfulness and Ethics: Attention, Virtue, and Perfection—Jay L. Garfield203
- 12. "When You Know for Yourselves": Mindfulness, Wisdom, and the Qualities of Heart—Jake H. Davis223
- PART FIVE: Intention and Action
- 13. The Dynamics of Intention, Freedom, and Habituation according to Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakośabhāṣya
—Karin L. Meyers239 - 14. What Do Buddhists Think about Free Will?—Riccardo Repetti257
- 15. Buddhist Reductionist Action Theory—Mark Siderits276
- PART SIX: Politics, Anger, and Equanimity
- 16. The Inherent Dignity of Empty Persons—Christopher Kelley297
- 17. Ethics without Justice: Eliminating the Roots of Resentment—Amber Carpenter315
- 18. Equanimity in Relationship: Responding to Moral Ugliness—Emily McRae336
- Index353
