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Ethics of Sankara and Santideva

Warren Lee Todd
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8th Century India
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Advaita Vedanta
advaitin
Advaitin Teachers
Agnostic
altruism
altruistic models
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bodhisattva
Bodhisattva Path
Bodhisattva Vow
buddhist
Buddhist Ethics
Buddhist metaphysics
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comparative ethics
constructive
Constructive Altruism
Cyclic Existence
Early Suttas
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existence
Good Life
Indian philosophy
Individuated Person
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Inherent Existence
Madhyamaka School
Mental Imprints
Nihilistic Thesis
non-dualism
Past Karma
Plantain Tree
Psychological Continuity
response
Revisionary Metaphysics
selfhood in ethical theory
selfless
Selfless Response
Transmigratory Existence
Van Hesteren
Vice Versa
Virtue Ethics
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781409466819
  • Weight: 566g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 24 Oct 2013
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Exploring the philosophical concerns of the nature of self, this book draws from two of the most influential Indian masters, Śaṅkara and Śāntideva. 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 Śaṅkara and Śāntideva, 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.
About Warren Lee Todd
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.

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