UID:
almahu_9949297002902882
Format:
1 online resource (283 p.)
ISBN:
9780520380578
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9783110754001
Content:
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.Insistent Life is the first full-length interdisciplinary treatment of the foundational principles and principles of application for engaging contemporary bioethics within the Jain tradition. The book fills a significant gap in both the fields of bioethics and Jain studies since Jainism, perhaps more so than any other South Asian tradition, is strongly focused on the ethics of birth, life, and death, with regard to humans as well as other living beings. Brianne Donaldson and Ana Bajželj analyze a diverse range of Jain texts and contemporary sources on Jain doctrines and practices, alongside bioethics, to identify Jain perspectives on bioethical issues while highlighting the complexity of their personal, professional, and public dimensions. The book also features extensive original data-represented in visual graphs-based on an international survey the authors conducted with Jain medical professionals in India and diaspora communities of North America, Europe, and Africa.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Note on Language and Transliteration --
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Part one. Foundational Principles --
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1 Why Jainism and Bioethics? --
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2 Life, Nonlife, and Karma --
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3 Nonviolence and the Framework of Jain Ethics --
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4 Jainism's Evolving View of Medicine --
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Part two. Principles of Application --
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5 Potentials of (Re)Birth --
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6 Wages of Life --
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7 Calculations of Death --
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Epilogue: Multiple Voices and Future Directions in Jain Bioethics --
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Notes --
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References --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English, De Gruyter, 9783110754001
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110753776
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig.Stud., Jewish Stud. 2021 English, De Gruyter, 9783110754193
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig.Stud., Jewish Stud. 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110753974
In:
University of California Press Complete eBook-Package 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110739152
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520380578
