Saving Them From Yourself: AnInquiry into the South Asian Gift of Fearlessness
This article considers the importance of indigenous classifications in the study of comparative ethics. Specifically, it explores medieval South Asian gift discourses from Jain, Theravada, and Hindu Dharmasastra sources, which list and discuss a variety of prescribed gifts. Such lists generally incl...
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Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
Язык: | Английский |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1999
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Journal of religious ethics
Год: 1999, Том: 27, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 437-462 |
Другие ключевые слова: | B
Fear
B Яд (мотив) B Theravada Buddhism B Jainism B Dharmasastra B Altruism B comparative ethics |
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Итог: | This article considers the importance of indigenous classifications in the study of comparative ethics. Specifically, it explores medieval South Asian gift discourses from Jain, Theravada, and Hindu Dharmasastra sources, which list and discuss a variety of prescribed gifts. Such lists generally include a category of gift known as the “gift of fearlessness”(abhayadana), wherein refraining from harming others is considered a species of gift giving. This type of gift and the discussions concerning it unite generosity and nonviolence in a way that is suggestive for understanding how some medieval South Asian theorists conceived of the gift, human nature, and altruism. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/0384-9694.00026 |