Buddhism and human rights

dc.contributor.author	Clasquin-Johnson, Michel
dc.date.accessioned	2010-09-30T12:35:59Z
dc.date.available	2010-09-30T12:35:59Z
dc.date.issued	1993-09
dc.identifier.citation	Clasquin, M 1993, 'Buddhism and human rights', Journal for the Study of Religion, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 91-101.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3623
dc.description.abstract	This article follows on certain thoughts about the compatibility of human rights theory and traditional theistic religion by Martin Prozesky. The problem of reconciling human rights theory with the Buddhist doctrine of anatta¿ is discussed. Buddhists have supported human rights campaigns apparently unaware of the secularist and legal‑political presuppositions underlying this concept and the logical contradictions that it introduces when it is used within the Buddhist paradigm. The author concludes that one possible solution to this problem may be found in the Buddhist teaching of "skillful means".	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Journal for the Study of Religion	en
dc.subject	Buddhism	en
dc.subject	Human rights	en
dc.subject	Anatta	en
dc.subject	Skilful means	en
dc.title	Buddhism and human rights	en
dc.type	Article	en