Insistent Life : Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition /

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A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.Insistent Life is the first full-length interdisciplinary treatment of the foundational principles and principles of application for engaging contemporary bioethics within the Jain tradition. The book fills a sig...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Donaldson, Brianne (Autor), Bajželj, Ana (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2022]
Temas:
Bioethics > Religious aspects > Jainism.
Medicine > Religious aspects > Jainism.
RELIGION / Jainism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Language and Transliteration
  • Part one. Foundational Principles
  • 1 Why Jainism and Bioethics?
  • 2 Life, Nonlife, and Karma
  • 3 Nonviolence and the Framework of Jain Ethics
  • 4 Jainism's Evolving View of Medicine
  • Part two. Principles of Application
  • 5 Potentials of (Re)Birth
  • 6 Wages of Life
  • 7 Calculations of Death
  • Epilogue: Multiple Voices and Future Directions in Jain Bioethics
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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