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The Oxford Handbook of B U D D H I S T E T H I C S The Oxford Handbook of BUDDHIST ETHICS Edited by DANIEL COZORT and JAMES MARK SHIELDS 1 3 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries © Oxford University Press 2018 The moral rights of the authors have been asserted First Edition published in 2018 Impression: 1 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by licence or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Control Number: 2017959073 ISBN 978– 0– 19– 874614– 0 Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY Links to third party websites are provided by Oxford in good faith and for information only. Oxford disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any third party website referenced in this work. From Daniel Cozort For Clara and Bethany, who bring light and happiness to me and everyone they know. From James Mark Shields For my sister, Marie, an early inspiration towards global citizenry. Contents List of Abbreviations xi List of Contributors xiii Introduction 1 Daniel Cozort and James Mark Shields PART I FOUNDATIONS 1. Karma 7 Peter Harvey 2. The Bodhisattva Precepts 29 Paul Groner 3. Ethics, Meditation, and Wisdom 51 Justin S. Whitaker and Douglass Smith PART II ETHICS AND BUDDHIST TRADITIONS 4. Moral Development in the Jātakas, Avadānas, and Pāli Nikāyas 77 Martin T. Adam 5. The Vinaya 96 Charles S. Prebish 6. Bhikṣuṇī Ordination 116 Bhikkhu Anālayo 7. The Changing Way of the Bodhisattva: Superheroes, Saints, and Social Workers 135 Barbra Clayton 8. Madhyamaka Ethics 162 Bronwyn Finnigan viii Contents 9. Ethics in Pure Land Schools 184 Michael Conway 10. A Perspective on Ethics in the Lotus Sūtra 205 Gene Reeves 11. Ethics in Zen 221 Christopher Ives 12. Tantric Ethics 246 Gareth Sparham 13. Buddhist Ethics in South and Southeast Asia 260 Juliana Essen 14. East Asian Buddhist Ethics 279 Richard Madsen 15. Buddhist Ethics in Contemporary Tibet 293 Holly Gayley PART III COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES 16. Buddhist Ethics Compared to Western Ethics 317 Sīlavādin Meynard Vasen 17. The Psychology of Moral Judgment and Perception in Indo-T ibetan Buddhist Ethics 335 Emily McRae 18. Ethics without Norms? Buddhist Reductionism and the Logical Space of Reasons 359 Dan Arnold PART IV BUDDHISM AND SOCIETY 19. The Buddhist Just Society 385 Peter Harvey 20. Buddhist Economics: Problems and Possibilities 407 James Mark Shields Contents ix 21. Buddhist Environmental Ethics: An Emergent and Contextual Approach 432 Stephanie Kaza 22. Buddhism, War, and Violence 453 Michael Jerryson 23. The Ethics of Engaged Buddhism in Asia 479 Sallie B. King 24. The Ethics of Engaged Buddhism in the West 501 Christopher Queen PART V CONTEMPORARY ISSUES 25. Human Rights 531 Damien Keown 26. Buddhism and Women 552 Alice Collett 27. Buddhism and Sexuality 567 Amy Paris Langenberg 28. Buddhist Perspectives on Abortion and Reproduction 592 Michael G. Barnhart 29. Euthanasia 611 Damien Keown 30. Being and Its Other: Suicide in Buddhist Ethics 630 Martin Kovan 31. Buddhism and Animal Rights 650 Paul Waldau Index 675