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Gordon F. Davis (Hrsg.) Ethics without Self, Dharma without Atman Western and Buddhist Philosophical Traditions in Dialogue Reihe: Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures

Is unique in its coverage of multiple traditions in the history of philosophy Addresses the relationship between personal identity and the scope of moral obligation Is the first book to compare Buddhist philosophical ideas with both ancient and modern Western philosophers Deals with Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu and Santideva from the combined perspective of analytic ethics and scholarship in the history of philosophy Brings together many of the most distinguished practitioners of Buddhist 1st ed. 2018, XIV, 284 p. philosophy Gedrucktes Buch This volume of essays offers direct comparisons of historic Western and Buddhist perspectives Hardcover on ethics and metaphysics, tracing parallels and contrasts all the way from Plato to the Stoics, 129,99 € | £109.99 | $159.99 Spinoza to Hume, and Schopenhauer through to contemporary ethicists such as Arne Naess, [1]139,09 € (D) | 142,99 € (A) | CHF Charles Taylor and Derek Parfit.It compares and contrasts each Western philosopher with a 153,50 particular strand in the Buddhist tradition, in some chapters represented by individual writers such as Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, Santideva or Tsong Khapa. It does so in light of both analytic Softcover concerns and themes from the existentialist and phenomenological traditions, and often in an 89,99 € | £79.99 | $109.99 ecumenical spirit that bridges both analytic and continentalist approaches. Some of the deepest [1]96,29 € (D) | 98,99 € (A) | CHF questions in ethics, dealing with the scope of agency, value-laden notions of personhood and 106,50 the nature of value in general, are intertwined with questions in metaphysics.One set of eBook questions addresses how varying conceptions of selfhood relate to moral values (e.g. the 74,89 € | £63.99 | $84.99 concern of self or selves for the well-being of others); another set of questions addresses how [2] 74,89 € (D) | 74,89 € (A) | CHF a conception of oneself or one’s selves should or should not affect how one thinks of 85,00 happiness, or eudaimonia, or – in classical Indian terms – artha, sukha or nirvana. Western Erhältlich bei Ihrer Bibliothek oder philosophy has featured discussion of both, but some would argue that certain traditions of springer.com/shop Asian philosophy have offered a more sustained and even treatment of both sets of questions. MyCopy [3] Printed eBook for just € | $ 24.99 springer.com/mycopy

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