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Author:   Wayne R. Husted ,  Damien Keown ,  Charles S. Prebish
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9781138862296

ISBN 10:   1138862290
Pages:   263
Publication Date:   09 June 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 A Buddhist Response to: The Nature of Human Rights, Kenneth Inada; Chapter 2 Are there Human Rights in Buddhism?, Damien Keown; Chapter 3 Why there are no Rights in Buddhism: A Reply to Damien Keown, Craig K. Ihara; Chapter 4 Why the Buddha has no Rights, Peter D. Junger; Chapter 5 Buddhism and Human Rights in the Thoughts of Sulak Sivaraksa and Phra Dhammapidok (Prayudh Prayutto), Soraj Hongladarom; Chapter 6 Human Rights and Compassion: Towards a Unified Moral Framework, Jay L. Garfield; Chapter 7 Buddhist Resignation and: Human Rights (Freedom is What I am), Âantipala Stephan Evans; Chapter 8 Socially Engaged Buddhism’s Contribution to the Transformation of Catholic Social Teachings on Human Rights, Charles R. Strain; Chapter 9 Human Rights and Cultural Values: The Political Philosophies of the Dalai Lama and the People’s Republic of China, John Powers; Chapter 10 Buddhist Ethics and Business Strategy Making, David Bubna-Litic;

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'This is a serious and timely volume which does much to give a sound underpinning to these urgent concerns.' - Rodney Mearns, Asian Affairs

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Damien Keown (Goldsmiths College, University of London) and Charles S. Prebish (State University of Pennsylvania) are the founding editors of the Journal of Buddhist Ethics which sponsored the conference on human rights at which the papers published herein were first presented. Wayne Husted (State University of Pennsylvania) is Technical Editor of the Journal.

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