Buddhism and human rights
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Buddhism and human rights
(Curzon critical studies in Buddhism / general editors, Charles S. Prebish, Damien Keown)
Curzon, 1998
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. [223]-235
Description and Table of Contents
Description
It is difficult to think of a more urgent question for Buddhism in the late twentieth century than human rights. The political, ethical and philosophical questions surrounding human rights are debated vigorously in political and intellectual circles throughout the world and now in this volume.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 A Buddhist Response to: The Nature of Human Rights, Kenneth Inada
- Chapter 2 Are there Human Rights in Buddhism?, Damien Keown
- Chapter 3 Why there are no Rights in Buddhism: A Reply to Damien Keown, Craig K. Ihara
- Chapter 4 Why the Buddha has no Rights, Peter D. Junger
- Chapter 5 Buddhism and Human Rights in the Thoughts of Sulak Sivaraksa and Phra Dhammapidok (Prayudh Prayutto), Soraj Hongladarom
- Chapter 6 Human Rights and Compassion: Towards a Unified Moral Framework, Jay L. Garfield
- Chapter 7 Buddhist Resignation and: Human Rights (Freedom is What I am), Aantipala Stephan Evans
- Chapter 8 Socially Engaged Buddhism's Contribution to the Transformation of Catholic Social Teachings on Human Rights, Charles R. Strain
- Chapter 9 Human Rights and Cultural Values: The Political Philosophies of the Dalai Lama and the People's Republic of China, John Powers
- Chapter 10 Buddhist Ethics and Business Strategy Making, David Bubna-Litic
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