James Stewart

Broschiertes Buch

Vegetarianism and Animal Ethics in Contemporary Buddhism

Beschreibung

Buddhism is widely known to advocate a stance of total pacifism towards all sentient beings, and because of this, it is often thought that Buddhist doctrine would stipulate that non-violent food practices, such as vegetarianism, be mandatory. However, the P¿li source materials do not encourage vegetarianism and most Buddhists do not practice it. Using research based on ethnographic evidence and interviews, this book discusses this issue by presenting an investigation of vegetarianism and animal ethics within a Buddhist cultural domain.

Autor

James John Stewart is Research Associate at the University of Tasmania, Australia. His research focuses on applied ethics in South Asia especially animal welfare and food ethics in Sri Lanka

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 351g
• ISBN-13: 9781138493360
• ISBN-10: 1138493368
• Artikelnr.: 50906272