The Virtue of Nonviolence
Subtitle: From Gautama to Gandhi (Constructive Postmodern Thought)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: January 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780791459492
Subjects: Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Violence in Society; Philosophy; Sociology; Religion; Comparative Religion; Nonviolence; Religious aspects
Description: "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.