ISBN: 9780791468319

This book explores the Buddhist view of death and its implications for contemporary bioethics. Writing primarily from within the Tibetan tradition, author Karma Lekshe Tsomo discusses Bud… More...

This book explores the Buddhist view of death and its implications for contemporary bioethics. Writing primarily from within the Tibetan tradition, author Karma Lekshe Tsomo discusses Buddhist notions of human consciousness and personal identity and how these figure in the Buddhist view of death. Beliefs about death and enlightenment and states between life and death are also discussed. Tsomo goes on to examine such hot-button topics as cloning, abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, organ donation, genetic engineering, and stem-cell research within a Buddhist context, introducing new ways of thinking about these highly controversial issues. Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Books, Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death: Buddhism, Bioethics, and Death Books This book explores the Buddhist view of death and its implications for contemporary bioethics. Writing primarily from within the Tibetan tradition, author Karma Lekshe Tsomo discusses Buddhist notions of human consciousness and personal identity and how these figure in the Buddhist view of death. Beliefs about death and enlightenment and states between life and death are also discussed. Tsomo goes on to examine such hot-button topics as cloning, abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, organ donation, genetic engineering, and stem-cell research within a Buddhist context, introducing new ways of thinking about these highly controversial issues.<

ISBN: 9780791468319

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: State University of New York Press], This book explores the Buddhist view of death and its implications for contemporary bioethics. Writing primarily from within the… More...

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: State University of New York Press], This book explores the Buddhist view of death and its implications for contemporary bioethics. Writing primarily from within the Tibetan tradition, author Karma Lekshe Tsomo discusses Buddhist notions of human consciousness and personal identity and how these figure in the Buddhist view of death. Beliefs about death and enlightenment and states between life and death are also discussed. Tsomo goes on to examine such hot-button topics as cloning, abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, organ donation, genetic engineering, and stem-cell research within a Buddhist context, introducing new ways of thinking about these highly controversial issues.Versandfertig in über 4 Wochen, [SC: 0.00]<

ISBN: 0791468313

Gebundene Ausgabe, [EAN: 9780791468319], St Univ of New York, St Univ of New York, Book, [PU: St Univ of New York], St Univ of New York, 54795011, Tibetischer Buddhismus, 54792011, Buddhi… More...

Gebundene Ausgabe, [EAN: 9780791468319], St Univ of New York, St Univ of New York, Book, [PU: St Univ of New York], St Univ of New York, 54795011, Tibetischer Buddhismus, 54792011, Buddhismus, 54682011, Religion & Esoterik, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher, 56642011, Medizinethik, 56636011, Arzt & Patient, 56535011, Medizin, 54071011, Genres, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher, 208622031, Gebundene Ausgabe, 208621031, Format (binding_browse-bin), 366250011, Refinements, 52044011, Fremdsprachige Bücher<

2006, ISBN: 9780791468319

Buddhism, Bioethics, and Death, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: State University of New York Press], State University of New York Press, 2006