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James Stewart

Vegetarianism and Animal Ethics in Contemporary Buddhism

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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 Pali 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.Focusing on Sri Lanka, a place of great historical significance to Buddhism, the book looks at how lay Buddhi… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-317-62397-7
  • EAN: 9781317623977
  • Produktnummer: 19572630
  • Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
  • Seitenangabe: 234 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Abbildungen: 2 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den 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

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