Ethics of Compassion: Bridging Ethical Theory and Religious Moral Discourse (Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion)

by RichardReilly (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $99.09

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  Paperback
  2010

  $47.53

  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.