A Buddhist theory of killing : a philosophical exposition

A Buddhist theory of killing : a philosophical exposition / Martin Kovan.

This book provides a philosophical account of the normative status of killing in Buddhism. Its argument theorises on relevant Buddhist philosophical grounds the metaphysical, phenomenological and ethical dimensions of the distinct intentional classes of killing, in dialogue with some elements of Wes...

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Main Author: Kovan, Martin (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer, [2022]
Subjects:
Violence > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Death > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Buddhist philosophy.
Buddhist philosophy
Death > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Violence > Religious aspects > Buddhism
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. General Introduction
  • Part 1. Foundations: The Nature of the Problem
  • Chapter 2. Introduction: Text and tradition: an overview of sources
  • Chapter 3. Canonical Buddhist discourse on killing
  • Chapter 4. Interpreting the precept: evaluative criteria in the Theravada
  • Chapter 5. Mahayana exceptionalism and the lethal act
  • Chapter 6. Affect and cognition: unwholesome consciousness, hatred, wrong view, and delusion
  • Chapter 7. Buddhist personhood and a doxastic rationale for killing
  • Part 2. Constructions: The Nature of the Act
  • Chapter 8. Critique of the conventional: the cessation of volition and Buddhist dualism of the person
  • Chapter 9. Constituting the other: the conventional identity of persons
  • Chapter 10. Persons as the objects of lethal justice
  • Chapter 11. Killing and oblivion: the obviation of suffering
  • Chapter 12. Representational persons: identity as the object of killing
  • Chapter 13. Conclusion: Buddhist violence, self-defence, and the end of life.

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