The ethical obligations of humankind towards animals and its implications for korean religions: focusing on korean buddhism and daesoon thought
The ethical obligations of humankind towards animals and its implications for korean religions: focusing on korean buddhism and daesoon thought
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Rutana, Dominik
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2024-03-31
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Journal of Daesoon Thought and the Religions of East Asia
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2
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3
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55-70
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2799-3949
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2024-03-31
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This study presents and examines various ethical theories that could offer potential solutions to the issue of discrimination against non-human animals in contemporary society, and traces its implications for Korean religions. The article focuses on two normative ethical theories – virtue ethics and the ethics of care – and through an analysis of existing research, argues that both theories may serve as foundational principles guiding our behavior, not only in our interactions with otherhumans but also in our treatment of non-human animals. Furthermore, the examples presented in this study demonstrate that similar ethical theories have already been adopted as frameworks for human behavior towards other living beings within two religious traditions, Buddhism and Daesoon Jinrihoe. In both belief systems, animals are acknowledged as integral components of the world in which we live. Additionally, both religions endorse the idea that the well-being of non-human animals and our attitudes toward them can also have a direct impact on our present lives, as well as on our future existence. Consequently, promoting morally upright conduct towards other living creatures should be viewed as a necessary measure, beneficial not only for the animals themselves but also for the collective well-being of humanity.
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virtue ethics
ethics of care
Buddhism
Daesoon Thought
animal welfare
compassion
Buddha-nature
Haewon Sangsaeng
dongmul cheondojae
ethics of care
Buddhism
Daesoon Thought
animal welfare
compassion
Buddha-nature
Haewon Sangsaeng
dongmul cheondojae
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