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On the Classification of Śāntideva's Ethics in the Bodhicaryāvatāra |
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Author |
Harris, Stephen E.
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Source |
Philosophy East and West
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Volume | v.65 n.1 |
Date | 2015.01 |
Pages | 249 - 275 |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Publisher Url |
https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/
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Location | Honolulu, HI, US [檀香山, 夏威夷州, 美國] |
Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
Language | 英文=English |
Note | Institute for Philosophy, Leiden University Sharris4@unm.edu |
Abstract | In this essay several challenges are raised to the project of classifying Śāntideva’s ethical reasoning given in his Bodhicaryāvatāra, or Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva, as a species of ethical theory such as consequentialism or virtue ethics. One set of difficulties highlighted here arises because Śāntideva wrote this text to act as a manual of psychological transformation, and it is therefore often difficult to determine when his statements indicate his own ethical views. Further, even assuming we can identify a set of statements that accurately portray the moral position of Śāntideva, it is argued that these statements underdetermine which foundational normative theory should be ascribed to him. |
ISSN | 00318221 (P); 15291898 (E) |
DOI | 10.1353/pew.2015.0008 |
Hits | 702 |
Created date | 2015.03.17 |
Modified date | 2019.05.17 |
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