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Buddhism, Equality, Rights
Author Adam, Martin T. (著)
Source Journal of Buddhist Ethics
Volumev.20
Date2013
Pages422 - 443
PublisherDepartment of History & Religious Studies Program , The Pennsylvania State University
Publisher Url http://history.psu.edu
LocationUniversity Park, PA, US
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
NoteMartin T. Adam, Department of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Victoria.
AbstractHow might rights be grounded in Buddhist doctrine? This article begins by attempting to demonstrate the conceptual link between the idea of equality and the ascription of rights in Western philosophic thought. The ideas of Thomas Hobbes are taken as an example. The paper then proceeds to examine the possibility that Buddhist ideas of equality could serve as grounds for the attribution of rights in a similar manner. A number of senses of equality in Buddhism are identified. I argue that while these ideas of basic equality clearly underlie Buddhist morality, any attempt to found rights on such grounds should lead to a conception of rights that is truly universal in scope, notably
including the animals. For a Buddhist believer in rights, rights-possession cannot be limited to human beings.
ISSN10769005 (E)
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Created date2014.07.14
Modified date2022.02.15



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