This book discusses contemporary issues in medical ethics from a Buddhist perspective. Drawing on ancient and modern sources, Damien Keown shows how Buddhist ethical principles can be applied consistently to a range of bioethical problems, including abortion, embryo research, and euthanasia.
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Damien Keown is Reader in Buddhism in the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
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Damien Keown is Emeritus Professor of Buddhist Ethics at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His research interests centre on the study of contemporary moral problems from a Buddhist perspective. He is co-founder of The Journal of Buddhist Ethics and the author of the best-selling 'Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction' and 'Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction', both from Oxford University Press and also available on Amazon.
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Since the subject of this book is ethics in the context of medicine, it will be appropriate to begin with a few reflections on the links between Buddhism and medical practice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
volition death, integrated organic functioning, three basic goods, karmic life, new individual life, moral bricolage, ontological individual, evidence that the view, fertilised ova, brainstem death, intermediate being, embryo loss, fertilised ovum, commentarial tradition, life faculty, defining death, first precept, monastic rule, passive euthanasia, personal volition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sri Lanka, Philip Kapleau, Ken Jones, Phillip Lecso, Western Buddhists, First Noble Truth, Moral Law, Anthony Bland, David Stott, Tony Bland, Law Lords New!
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Since the subject of this book is ethics in the context of medicine, it will be appropriate to begin with a few reflections on the links between Buddhism and medical practice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
volition death, integrated organic functioning, three basic goods, karmic life, new individual life, moral bricolage, ontological individual, evidence that the view, fertilised ova, brainstem death, intermediate being, embryo loss, fertilised ovum, commentarial tradition, life faculty, defining death, first precept, monastic rule, passive euthanasia, personal volition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sri Lanka, Philip Kapleau, Ken Jones, Phillip Lecso, Western Buddhists, First Noble Truth, Moral Law, Anthony Bland, David Stott, Tony Bland, Law Lords New!
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- Inner Peace, World Peace: Essays on Buddhism and Nonviolence (Suny Series, Buddhist Studies) by Kenneth Kraft in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Transcultural Dimensions in Medical Ethics by Edmund Pellegrino in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Dictionary of Medical Ethics by Duncan Dunstan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The forgotten child by Domyo Miura on page 109, and Back Matter
- Buddhist Ethics and Modern Society: An International Symposium (Contributions to the Study of Religion) by Charles Wei-hsun Fu in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- A Buddhist Kaleidoscope: Essays on the Lotus Sutra by Nichiko Niwano on 6 pages
- Contemporary Buddhist Ethics (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism) by Damien Keown on 5 pages
- Contemporary Buddhist Ethics (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism) by Damien Keown on page 108, page 164, and page 165
- Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death: Buddhism, Bioethics, And Death by Karma Lekshe Tsomo in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia (New Forum Books) by Neil M. Gorsuch on page 238, and page 296
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