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(p. 280) Foundations of Buddhist Moral Thought: Dharma and Karma. The root of Buddhist morality is not thought to be God or another supernatural being, nor even the Buddha himself, but Dharma, the “Law” or “Truth” of the nature of things, which the Buddha is said to have discovered and expounded.
This paper focuses on ethical action in Theravada Buddhism. To do so requires a definition of ethics and morals on the one hand, and ethic and moral on the other. It also requires a discussion of the difference, if any, between moral actions and other normative actions, such as law, rituals, customs, and etiquette.
Buddhist Ethics. 1. Introduction: Ethics and Interdependence. There are two temptations to be resisted when approaching Buddhist moral theory. The first is to assimilate Buddhist ethics to some system of Western ethics, usually either some form of Utilitarianism or some form of virtue ethics.
The book applies Buddhist ethics ff to a range of issues of contemporary concern: humanity’s relation-ship with the rest of nature; economics; war and peace; euthana-sia; abortion; sexual equality; and homosexuality.
Professor Harvey draws on texts of the main Buddhist traditions, and on historical and contemporary accounts of the behaviour of Buddhists, to describe existing Buddhist ethics, to assess different views within it, and to extend its application into new areas.
‘Buddhist morality’ argues that there is a common moral code underlying the divergent customs, practices, and philosophical teachings of the various schools of Buddhist thought. Branches as diverse as Zen and Tibetan Buddhism have still stemmed from the values of the Buddha in the 5th century bc .
This chapter will contextualize and survey some of the historical and contemporary debates relevant to moral psychology and Buddhist ethics.
