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The virtue of nonviolence : from Gautama to Gandhi

Title
The virtue of nonviolence : from Gautama to Gandhi / Nicholas F. Gier.
Author
Gier, Nicholas F., 1944-
Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2004.

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Description
xv, 222 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
  • "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."--Jacket.
Series Statement
SUNY series in constructive postmodern thought
Uniform Title
SUNY series in constructive postmodern thought
Subject
  • Nonviolence > Philosophy
  • Nonviolence > Religious aspects
  • Non-violence
  • Philosophie
  • Éthique
  • Aspect religieux
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Gandhi as a postmodern thinker -- Nonviolence in Jainism and Hinduism -- Vedānta, Ātman, and Gandhi -- The Buddha and pragmatic nonviolence -- Experiments with truth -- The aesthetics of virtue -- Gandhi, Confucius, and virtue aesthetics -- Rules, vows, and virtues -- The virtue of nonviolence -- The saints of nonviolence : Buddha, Christ, Gandhi, King.
ISBN
  • 0791459497
  • 9780791459492
  • 0791459500
  • 9780791459508
LCCN
2003042553
OCLC
  • ocm51631655
  • 51631655
  • SCSB-8806313
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library