Buddhist Ethics

AMES 331S

Survey of various Buddhist understandings of ethics, both classical and contemporary. How different Buddhist communities have responded to such ethical problems as the existence of evil, war, injustice, and suffering as well as contemporary Buddhist debates over abortion, ethnic fratricide, human rights, environmental problems, economic justice, and cloning.
Curriculum Codes
  • CCI
  • EI
  • W
  • CZ
Cross-Listed As
  • ETHICS 321S
  • RELIGION 321S
Typically Offered
Occasionally