Buddhist Ethics

1. Thinking of Foundations and Justification of Buddhist Ethics.1
2. Skill in Means (Upāya Kauśalya) in Early and Later
Buddhist Thought.................................................................... 23
3. Using Physical Force/Power and Inflicting Pain as
Problems in Buddhist Ethics.................................................... 43
4. Buddhism on Slavery................................................................ 50
5. Dissent in Buddhism: Its Doctrinal (Dhamma) and
Monastic Disciplinary (Vinaya) Perspectives.......................... 63
6. Monastic Sexual Behaviour: A Study of the First Pārājikā
and Related Rules of the Theravada Vinaya............................ 79
7. Environmental Philosophy and Buddhism............................. 93
8. Buddhist Views on Nature and Environment....................... 104
9. Justice, Kamma and Dhamma: Does Kamma in
Buddhism Make Justice Redundant?.................................... 121
10. Insights from Tripitaka on Justice ......................................... 135
11. Equality and Justice from a Buddhist Perspective................. 155
12. A Buddhist Approach to Development ................................ 175
13. Buddhist Perspectives on Balanced Living, Right Use of
Wealth and Equal Opportunities in Economy...................... 183
14. Globalization: Buddhist Perspective to Economics .............. 200
15. Buddhist Ethics of Consumption.......................................... 213
16. Political Metaphor in the Life of the Buddha........................ 232
17. The Buddha’s Teachings for Good Governance ................... 243
18. Religious Ethics and the New World Order: a Buddhist
Critique and Reconstruction................................................. 257
19. A Buddhist Approach to Conflict Resolution...................... 269
20. Mental Health and Gender from a Buddhist Perspective..... 308
21. The Light of Zen in the West Incorporating the Supreme
Doctrine and the Realization of the Self (Foreword)............ 338