170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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Buddhism, one increasingly hears, is an 'eco-friendly' religion. It is often said that this is because it promotes an 'ecological' view of things, one stressing the essential unity of human beings and the natural world. Buddhism, Virtue and Environment presents a different view. While agreeing that Buddhism is, in many important respects, in tune with environmental concerns, Cooper and James argue... Read more
Contents: Introduction: virtue ethics and environmental ethics; Virtues and environment in western thought; Buddhism and ethics; Buddhist virtues; Buddhism, virtue and environment; Conclusion: the viability of a Buddhist environmental ethic; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
David E. Cooper is Professor of Philosophy, Durham University, UK and Simon P. James is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Durham University, UK
’Carefully documented and well argued, Buddhism, Virtue and Environment pleads for, as the title suggests, an 'environmentally friendly' Buddhism precisely because of its particular kind of virtue ethics (centered on its goals of 'nirvanic felicity' and enlightenment). This volume should be useful to Buddhist scholars, moral philosophers, and all those concerned with the intellectual histories underpinning the current environmental crisis.’ Sophia
