Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Buddhism, Virtue and Environment : Ashgate World Philosophies Series - David E. Cooper

Buddhism, Virtue and Environment

By: David E. Cooper, Simon P. James

Paperback | 18 February 2005 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Paperback


RRP $88.99

$81.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $20.44 with

 or 

Available for Backorder. We will order this from our supplier however there isn't a current ETA.

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 that what makes it ''green'' is its view of human life. The true connection between the religion and environmental thought is to be found in Buddhist accounts of the virtues - those traits, such as compassion, equanimity and humility, that characterise the life of a spiritually enlightened individual. Central chapters of this book examine these virtues and their implications for environmental attitudes and practice. Buddhism, Virtue and Environment will be of interest not only to students and teachers of Buddhism and environmental ethics, but to those more generally engaged with moral philosophy. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book presents an original conception of Buddhist environmental thought. The authors also contribute to the wider debate on the place of ethics in Buddhist teachings and practices, and to debates within ''virtue ethics'' on the relations between human well-being and environmental concern.
Industry Reviews
'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

More in Philosophy of Religion

Conversations with God : An Uncommon Dialogue : Book 1 - Neale Donald Walsch
We Who Wrestle With God : Perceptions of the Divine - Jordan B. Peterson
God, the Science, the Evidence - Michel-Yves Bollore

RRP $48.99

$38.75

21%
OFF
The Prophet : Penguin Classics Hardcover - Kahlil Gibran

RRP $32.99

$26.99

18%
OFF
Captive Gods : Religion and the Rise of Social Science - Kwame Anthony Appiah
Beyond Good and Evil : Penguin Classics - Friedrich Nietzsche

RRP $17.99

$16.75

Meditations : Penguin Classics - Marcus Aurelius

RRP $17.99

$16.75

The God Delusion : 10th Anniversary Edition - Richard Dawkins

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF
Fear and Trembling : Penguin Books Great Ideas - Søren Kierkegaard
All Things Are Full of Gods : The Mysteries of Mind and Life - David Bentley Hart
Beyond Good and Evil : Design by Coralie Bickford-Smith - Friedrich Nietzsche
Sacred Geometry : Philosophy and Practice - Robert Lawlor

RRP $21.99

$19.75

10%
OFF
The Consolation of Philosophy : Penguin Classics - Boethius

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF
The Will to Power : Penguin Classics - Friedrich Nietzsche

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF
Atheism For Dummies : For Dummies - Dale McGowan

RRP $41.95

$33.75

20%
OFF
The Sickness Unto Death : Penguin Classics - Soren Kierkegaard

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF
The Power of Du'a - Aliyah Umm Raiyaan

RRP $36.99

$29.75

20%
OFF
Waiting for God : Routledge Classics - Simone Weil