TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gier,Nicholas F.
TI  - The virtue of nonviolence: from Gautama to Gandhi 
T2  - SUNY series in constructive postmodern thought
SN  - 0791459497
AV  - HM1281 .G54 2004
U1  - 303.61 21
PY  - 2004///]
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Nonviolence
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Religious aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - "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
ER  -