Limit search to available items
Record 26 of 80
Previous Record Next Record
Book Cover
E-book
Author Reilly, Richard, 1944-

Title Ethics of compassion : bridging ethical theory and religious moral discourse / Richard Reilly
Published Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2008

Copies

Description 1 online resource (ix, 141 p.)
Series Studies in comparative philosophy and religion
Studies in comparative philosophy and religion.
Contents Golden rule reasoning -- "Compassion" and related notions -- Compassion as the basis of moral value -- Precepts for avoiding doing harm -- Virtues and moral aspiration -- Will, responsibility and selflessness -- Postscript : joyful living
Summary Ethics of Compassion places central themes from Buddhist (primarily) and Christian moral teachings within the conceptual framework of Western normative ethics. What results is a viable alternative ethical theory to those offered by utilitarians, Kantian formalists, proponents of the natural law tradition, and advocates of virtue ethics. Ethics of Compassion bridges Eastern and Western cultures, philosophical ethics and religious moral discourse, and notions of acting rightly and of being virtuous
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-134) and index
Notes English
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed
Subject Compassion.
Golden rule.
Religion and ethics.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Interpersonal Relations.
Compassion
Golden rule
Religion and ethics
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021679734
ISBN 9781461633396
1461633397
9786613929365
6613929360
1283616912
9781283616911