Compassion and benevolence : a comparative study of early Buddhist and classical Confucian ethics / Ok-Sun An.
Series: Asian thought and culture ; v. 31.Publication details: New York : Peter Lang, 1998.Description: x, 180 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0820438014 (alk. paper)
- 9780820438016 (alk. paper)
- 294.3/5 21
- BJ69 .A5 1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 043-166).
Ch. I. Preliminary Reflection: Social Settings and Views of Human Nature -- Ch. II. Metaphysical Groundwork of Virtue -- Ch. III. Development of Compassion and Benevolence -- Ch. IV. Realization of Compassion and Benevolence -- Ch. V. The Objectivity of Compassion and Benevolence.
Compassion and Benevolence reveals the heart of early Buddhist and classical Confucian ethics in a comparative way. It explores compassion (karuna) and benevolence (jen) by analyzing their mechanisms, their moral groundworks, their applications, and their meta-ethical nature. This exploration intends to reject the popular theses: early Buddhism is only self-liberation-concerned soteriology and classical Confucianism is only society-concerned thought requiring self-effacement.
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