Buddhist Ethical Thought: Identity and Interpretation

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Background to Buddhist Ethics. 3. Precepts and Rules in Nikaya Texts. 4. Buddhist Ethics and Aristotelian Virtue Ethics. 5. Rule-Consequentialism and Theravada Buddhist Ethics. 6. Kamma, Rebirth and Kant's Religious Argument for God. 7. Ethics beyond Being and Non-Being. Conclusion. Bibliography. Appendices. Index.