LEADER 04639nam 22007455 450 001 9910580178303321 005 20251204102334.0 010 $a9789811924415$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9789811924408 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-19-2441-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7020121 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7020121 035 $a(CKB)23971654500041 035 $aEBL7020121 035 $a(AU-PeEL)EBL7020121 035 $a(BIP)84619305 035 $a(BIP)83659043 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-19-2441-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)9923971654500041 100 $a20220620d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA Buddhist Theory of Killing $eA Philosophical Exposition /$fby Martin Kovan 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (266 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Kovan, Martin A Buddhist Theory of Killing Singapore : Springer,c2022 9789811924408 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aChapter 1. General Introduction -- Part 1. Foundations: The Nature of the Problem -- Chapter 2. Introduction: Text and tradition: an overview of sources -- Chapter 3. Canonical Buddhist discourse on killing -- Chapter 4. Interpreting the precept: evaluative criteria in the Therav?da -- Chapter 5. Mah?y?na exceptionalism and the lethal act -- Chapter 6. Affect and cognition: unwholesome consciousness, hatred, wrong view, and delusion -- Chapter 7. Buddhist personhood and a doxastic rationale for killing -- Part 2. Constructions: The Nature of the Act -- Chapter 8. Critique of the conventional: the cessation of volition and Buddhist dualism of the person -- Chapter 9. Constituting the other: the conventional identity of persons -- Chapter 10. Persons as the objects of lethal justice -- Chapter 11. Killing and oblivion: the obviation of suffering -- Chapter 12. Representational persons: identity as the object of killing -- Chapter 13. Conclusion: Buddhist violence, self-defence, and the end of life. 330 $aThis book provides a philosophical account of the normative status of killing in Buddhism. Its argument theorises on relevant Buddhist philosophical grounds the metaphysical, phenomenological and ethical dimensions of the distinct intentional classes of killing, in dialogue with some elements of Western philosophical thought. In doing so, it aims to provide a descriptive account of the causal bases of intentional killing, a global justification and elucidation of Buddhist norms regarding killing, and an intellectual response to and critique of alternative conceptions of such norms presented in recent Buddhist Studies scholarship. It examines early and classical Buddhist accounts of the evaluation of killing, systematising and rationally assessing these claims on both Buddhist and contemporary Western philosophical grounds. The book provides the conceptual foundation for the discussion, engaging original reconstructive philosophical analyses to both bolster and critique classical IndianBuddhist positions on killing and its evaluation, as well as contemporary Buddhist Studies scholarship concerning these positions. In doing so, it provides a systematic and critical account of the subject hitherto absent in the field. Engaging Buddhist philosophy from scholastic dogmatics to epistemology and metaphysics, this book is relevant to advanced students and scholars in philosophy and religious studies. 606 $aBuddhist philosophy 606 $aPhilosophy 606 $aBuddhism 606 $aNormativity (Ethics) 606 $aReligion and sociology 606 $aCriminology 606 $aBuddhist philosophy 606 $aWestern Philosopy 606 $aBuddhism 606 $aNormative Ethics 606 $aPhenomenology of Religion 606 $aAsian Criminology 615 0$aBuddhist philosophy. 615 0$aPhilosophy. 615 0$aBuddhism. 615 0$aNormativity (Ethics) 615 0$aReligion and sociology. 615 0$aCriminology. 615 14$aBuddhist philosophy. 615 24$aWestern Philosopy. 615 24$aBuddhism. 615 24$aNormative Ethics. 615 24$aPhenomenology of Religion. 615 24$aAsian Criminology. 676 $a294.33764 700 $aKovan$b Martin$01246309 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910580178303321 996 $aA Buddhist Theory of Killing$92889868 997 $aUNINA