A Mirror Is for Reflection

Jake H. Davis is a Postdoctoral Associate at New York University with the Virtues of Attention project. He has taught at Brown University and at the City of College of New York. He has authored and co-authored articles at the intersection of Buddhist philosophy, moral philosophy, and cognitive science, drawing on his textual, meditative, and monastic training in the Theravada Buddhist tradition of Burma (Myanmar).

Foreword
Owen Flanagan

Introduction
Jake H. Davis

Part One: Buddhist Ethics and Western Categories
1. 'It's ethics, Jim, but not as we know it': Reflections on the Absence of Moral Philosophy in Buddhism Damien Keown
2. The Nature of a Buddhist Path Bronwyn Finnigan
3. Buddhist Moral Thought and Western Moral Philosophy Christopher W. Gowans

Part Two: Constructing Buddhist Ethics
4. Zen Buddhism and the Space of Ethics Jin Y. Park
5. Buddhist Ethics: A Perspective Graham Priest
6. Breaking Good: Moral Agency, Neuroethics, and the Spontaneity of Compassion Christian Coseru

Part Three: Karma and Rebirth
7. Modern and Traditional Understandings of Karma Charles Goodman
8. Buddhism without Reincarnation? Examining the Prospects of a "Naturalized" Buddhism Jan Westerhoff
9. The Problems and Promise of Karma from an Engaged Buddhist Perspective Sallie B. King

Part Four: Mindfulness, Memory, and Virtue
10. Ethical Reading and the Ethics of Forgetting and Remembering Sara McClintock
11. Mindfulness and Ethics: Attention, Virtue and Perfection Jay L. Garfield
12. "When You Know for Yourselves": Mindfulness, Wisdom, and the Qualities of Heart Jake H. Davis

Part Five: Intention and Action
13. The Dynamics of Intention, Freedom, and Habituation according to Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosabhasya Karin Meyers
14. What Do Buddhists Think about Free Will? Riccardo Repetti
15. Buddhist Reductionist Action Theory Mark Siderits

Part Six: Politics, Anger, and Equanimity
16. The Inherent Dignity of Empty Persons Christopher Kelley
17. Ethics Without Justice: Eliminating The Roots Of Resentment Amber Carpenter
18. Equanimity in Relationship: Responding to Moral Ugliness Emily McRae

Index