"Toward a "Wider and Juster Initiative
Recent Comparative Work in Buddhist Ethics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4299577 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mackenzie Heim (0000-0001-6354-488X, Amherst College, corresponding author), Maria Heim |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 107-119 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8171 • E-ISSN: 1749-8171 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2006.00009.x |
| OpenAlex | W2032777829 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
This essay considers some of the important trends in comparative approaches to Buddhist moral thinking, including early reflections on how and where to place Buddhist thought. It argues that some of the formative gestures shaping the field of Buddhist ethics sprang from contested efforts by historians of religion and philosophical formalists to chart a comparative methodology. The essay describes the methodological holism that characterizes important work in the field and argues against it, pointing instead to more diffuse lines of inquiry that do not efface Buddhism's historical diversity and the distinctiveness of its moral discourses. The essay begins to develop a different orientation in ethics that centers on the ethical study of human nature. To this end, it offers a small exercise in comparative moral psychology to explore the moral sentiment "sympathetic joy
Buddhism · Epistemology · Formative assessment · Optimal distinctiveness theory · Pedagogy · Sociology · Anthropology · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |