Buddhist Ethics

Jay L. Garfield is Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Logic and Buddhist Studies, Chair of the Philosophy department, and director of the Logic program at Smith College. He is also Visiting Professor of Buddhist Philosophy at Harvard Divinity School, Professor of Philosophy at Melbourne University and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the Central University of Tibetan Studies. He has taught in Australia, Singapore, Japan and Germany and is a regular lecturer at major universities, Buddhist Studies centers and research institutions around the world. Professor Garfield is author, co-author, or editor of 30 books and over 180 articles and book reviews.

Preface
Part I: Structure
1. Methodological Introduction
2. The Broad Structure of Buddhist Ethics
3. Buddhist Ethics as Moral Phenomenology
4. Agency and Action Theory
5. Narrative in Buddhist Ethics
Part II: Doctrine
6. The Four Noble Truths
7. Path as a Structure for Buddhist Ethics
8. The Six Perfections and the Bodhisattva Path
9. The Brahmavih?ras and the Achievement of Nonegocentricity
10. The Importance of Vow
Part III: Contemporary Issues
11. Naturalism
12. Engaged Buddhism
13. Coda: What Buddhist Ethics Brings to the Table
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