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| Buddhism and Speciesism: on the Misapplication of Western Concepts to Buddhist Beliefs | ||
| 作者 | Sciberras, Colette |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of Buddhist Ethics |
| 卷期 | v.15 |
| 出版日期 | 2008 |
| 頁次 | 214 - 240 |
| 出版者 | Department of History & Religious Studies Program , The Pennsylvania State University |
| 出版者網址 | https://history.la.psu.edu/ |
| 出版地 | University Park, PA, US |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 摘要 | In this article, I defend Buddhism from Paul Waldau’s charge of speciesism. I argue that Waldau attributes to Buddhism various notions that it does not necessarily have, such as the ideas that beings are morally considerable if they possess certain traits, and that humans, as morally considerable beings, ought never to be treated as means. These ideas may not belong in Buddhism, and for Waldau’s argument to work, he needs to show that they do. Moreover, a closer look at his case reveals a more significant problem for ecologically minded Buddhists—namely that the Pāli texts do not seem to attribute intrinsic value to any form of life at all, regardless of species. Thus, I conclude that rather than relying on Western concepts, it may be preferable to look for a discourse from within the tradition itself to explain why Buddhists ought to be concerned about the natural world. |
| ISSN | 10769005 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 1923 |
| 建檔日期 | 2009.02.25 |
| 更新日期 | 2017.07.13 |
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