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Striking a balance : a primer in traditional Asian values /

Striking a Balance: A Primer in Traditional Asian Values offers a lucid, thoughtful, and thoroughly engaging review of the major ethical teachings in the dominant Asian traditions. Michael C. Brannigan applies his extensive background and scholarship to craft a concise yet comprehensive introduction...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brannigan, Michael C., 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2010.
Edición:Rev. ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Hindu ethics
  • Life's four stages
  • Life's four goals
  • Paths to Enlightenment
  • Karma and rebirth
  • Shades of Dharma
  • Buddhist ethics
  • The middle path
  • The four noble truths
  • In the wake of karma
  • The four supreme virtues
  • What is a Buddhist social ethic?
  • Zen Buddhist ethics
  • A way of the monk : practice is attainment
  • A way of the warrior
  • A way of tea : the virtue of presence
  • Taoist ethics
  • Cultivating the Tao
  • The art of yielding : Wu-wei
  • Spontaneity as awareness
  • Fasting of the mind
  • Confucian ethics
  • Lessons from the analects
  • Human nature : is it essentially good or corrupt?
  • Seeking the right balance in neo-Confucianism
  • A return to Ako : Japanese neo-Confucianism
  • Capitalism and human rights.