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Consequentialism, Agent-Neutrality, and Mahayana Ethics
Author Goodman, Charles
Source Philosophy East and West
Volumev.58 n.1
Date2008.01
Pages17 - 35
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
Publisher Url https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/
LocationHonolulu, HI, US [檀香山, 夏威夷州, 美國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
AbstractWhat kinds of comparisons can legitimately be made between Mahāyāna Buddhism and Western ethical theories? Mahāyānists aspire to alleviate the suffering, promote the happiness, and advance the moral perfection of all sentient beings. This aspiration is best understood as expressing a form of universalist consequentialism. Many Indian Mahāyāna texts seem committed to claims about agent-neutrality that imply consequentialism and are not compatible with virtue ethics. Within the Mahāyāna tradition, there is some diversity of views: Asaṅga seems to hold a complex and interesting version of rule consequentialism, whereas Śāntideva is closer to act consequentialism.
ISSN00318221 (P); 15291898 (E)
DOI10.1353/pew.2008.0013
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Created date2007.12.13
Modified date2019.05.17



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