The virtue of nonviolence : from Gautama to Gandhi / Nicholas F. Gier.

By:

Gier, Nicholas F, 1944- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0791459497
9780791459492

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

303.61 21

LOC classification:

HM1281 .G54 2004

Contents:

1. Gandhi as a Postmodern Thinker -- 2. Nonviolence in Jainism and Hinduism -- 3. Vedanta, Atman, and Gandhi -- 4. The Buddha and Pragmatic Nonviolence -- 5. Experiments with Truth -- 6. The Aesthetics of Virtue -- 7. Gandhi, Confucius, and Virtue Aesthetics -- 8. Rules, Vows, and Virtues -- 9. The Virtue of Nonviolence -- 10. The Saints of Nonviolence: Buddha, Christ, Gandhi, King -- SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought.

Review: "In The Virtue of Nonviolence, Nicholas F. Gier argues that virtue ethics is the best option for constructive postmodern philosophy and that Gandhi's own thought is best viewed in light of this tradition. He supports this position by formulating Gandhi's ethics of nonviolence as a virtue ethics, giving a Buddhist interpretation of Gandhi's philosophy, and presenting Gandhi as a constructive postmodern thinker. Also included is an assessment of the saints of nonviolence - Buddha, Christ, King, and Gandhi - and a charismatic theory of the nature of the saints."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	303.61 GIE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A266188B

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In The Virtue of Nonviolence, Nicholas F. Gier argues that virtue ethics is the best option for constructive postmodern philosophy and that Gandhi's own thought is best viewed in light of this tradition. He supports this position by formulating Gandhi's ethics of nonviolence as a virtue ethics, giving a Buddhist interpretation of Gandhi's philosophy, and presenting Gandhi as a constructive postmodern thinker. Also included is an assessment of the saints of nonviolence - Buddha, Christ, King, and Gandhi - and a charismatic theory of the nature of the saints."--BOOK JACKET.

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