| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 141 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in comparative philosophy and religion
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Studies in comparative philosophy and religion.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-134) and index. |
| Contents |
Golden rule reasoning -- "Compassion" and related notions -- Compassion as the basis of moral value -- Precepts for avoiding doing harm -- Virtues and moral aspiration -- Will, responsibility and selflessness -- Postscript : joyful living. |
| Summary |
Ethics of Compassion places central themes from Buddhist (primarily) and Christian moral teachings within the conceptual framework of Western normative ethics. What results is a viable alternative ethical theory to those offered by utilitarians, Kantian formalists, proponents of the natural law tradition, and advocates of virtue ethics. Ethics of Compassion bridges Eastern and Western cultures, philosophical ethics and religious moral discourse, and notions of acting rightly and of being virtuous. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Compassion.
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Compassion. |
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Golden rule.
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Golden rule. |
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Religion and ethics.
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Religion and ethics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reilly, Richard. Ethics of Compassion : Bridging Ethical Theory and Religious Moral Discourse. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2010 9780739125052 |
| ISBN |
9781461633396 (electronic book) |
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1461633397 (electronic book) |
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9780739131459 (electronic) |
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0739131451 (electronic) |
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9780739125045 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0739125044 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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