Buddhism and Abortion
Abortion is arguably the most controversial and divisive moral issue of modern times, but up until now the debate has taken place almost exclusively within a Western cultural, religious and philosophical context. For the past three decades in the West arg
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Also by Damien Keown and published by Macmillan THE NATURE OF BUDDHIST ETHICS BUDDHISM AND BIOETHICS
Buddhism and Abortion Edited by
Damien Keown
Senior Lecturer in Indian Religion Goldsmiths College, University of London
Selection, editorial matter, Introduction and Chapter 10 © Damien Keown 1998 Chapters 2-9 © Macmillan Press Ltd 1998 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1998 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WlP 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 1998 by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world ISBN 978-1-349-14178-4 (eBook) ISBN 978-1-349-14180-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-14178-4 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 10987654 3 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00
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Contents Acknowledgements
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Contributors
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1 Introduction Damien Keown
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Part One 2 Abortion in Buddhist Thailand Robert E. Florida
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3 Abortion and Prostitution in Bangkok Cleo Odzer
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4 Socio-Medical Aspects of Abortion in Thailand Pinit Ratanakul
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Part Two 5 Abortion in Japan: Towards a 'Middle Way' for the West? William R. LaFleur
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6 'I can only move my feet towards mizuko kuyo' Memorial Services for Dead Children in Japan Elizabeth G. Harrison
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7 Abortion in Korea Frank Tedesco
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Part Three 8 Abortion in the Pali Canon and Early Buddhist Thought James P. McDermott
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9 Buddhism and Abortion: A Western Approach James Hughes
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10 Buddhism and Abortion: Is There a 'Middle Way'? Damien Keown
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Glossary
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Index
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Acknowledgements Thanks are due to the following, without whose assistance the volume could not have appeared in its present form: Princeton University Press for permission to use material in chapter five adapted from Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan by William R. LaFleur; the Daeyang Research Fund of Sejong University which kindly provided funding for research by Frank Tedesco in 1995 which led to chapter seven; Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, for supporting research leading to chapter eight by James McDermott with a Summer Grant and Supplemental Research Grant from the Faculty Research Fund. On a personal note there are many indi
