Warren Lee Todd

The Ethics of Sankara and Santideva (eBook, ePUB)

A Selfless Response to an Illusory World

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the philosophical concerns of the nature of self, this book draws from two of the most influential Indian masters, Säkara and Santideva. Todd demonstrates that an ethics of altruism is still possible within a metaphysics which assumes there to be no independent self. A new ethical model based on the notions of 'flickering consciousness' and 'constructive altruism' is proposed. By comparing the metaphysics and ethics of Säkara and Santideva, Todd shows that the methodologies and aims of these Buddhist and Hindu masters trace remarkably similar cross-cutting paths. Treating Buddhism and Hinduism with equal respect, this book compares and reinterprets the Indian material so as to engage with contemporary Western debates on self and to show that Indian philosophy is indeed a philosophy of dialogue.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317033691
• Artikelnr.: 44870996

Autorenporträt

Dr Warren Lee Todd gained his MA in Buddhist Studies under Prof. Peter Harvey at Sunderland University, and went on to Lancaster University to complete his PhD in Religious Studies under Prof. Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad. He co-taught the MA in Buddhist Studies at Sunderland, before moving with the course to the University of South Wales, where he is currently Visiting Lecturer in Buddhist Philosophy. He also teaches Buddhism at Mahidol University (MUIDS), Thailand.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 The Self
Chapter 2 A New Ethical Model
Chapter 3 Situating ?a?kara and ??ntideva
Chapter 4 Their Common Approach to the World
Chapter 5 Knowledge and Liberation
Chapter 6 A Selfless Response to the World
Chapter 7 Marginal Cases
conclusion Conclusion