Buddhism, Death and Organ Transplantation

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Published: Jul 5, 2019
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Buddhism Death Organ Transplantation

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Damien Keown
Goldsmiths College, University of London

Abstract

For my contribution to this first IABU Conference,
the organisers asked me to speak about a book I wrote on this
subject that was first published some thirteen years ago in 1995.
The title of the book was Buddhism and Bioethics,3 and my
 objective in this work was to grapple with some of the major issues
that were—and still are—being debated around the world in the field
of medical ethics. I divided the book into three parts. The first set
out the theoretical basis of my approach to medical ethics. This was
an attempt to construct a foundation from which Buddhism could
address a range of issues consistently and engage in dialogue with
medical ethicists from both secular and religious backgrounds.

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Keown, D. (2019). Buddhism, Death and Organ Transplantation. The Journal of International Association of Buddhist Universities (JIABU), 1(1), 57–70. Retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/Jiabu/article/view/201528
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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2008): The Journal of International Association of Buddhist Universities (JIABU)
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Author Biography

Damien Keown, Goldsmiths College, University of London

Damien Keown is Emeritus Professor of Buddhist Ethics at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His research interests centre on the study of contemporary moral problems from a Buddhist perspective. He is co-founder of The Journal of Buddhist Ethics and the author of the best-selling 'Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction' and 'Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction', both from Oxford University Press and also available on Amazon.

References

Saṃyutta-nikāya, III.
Majjhima-nikāya, I.
Dīgha-nikāya, II.
Keown, Damien., 1995, Buddhism & Bioethics, London and
New York, Macmillan/St. Martins Press.
Tsomo, Karma Lekshe., 2006, Into the Jaws of Yama:
Lord of Death, Albany, New York, State University of
New York Press.
Potts, M., Byrne P. A. and Nilges, R. G., eds., 2000, Beyond
brain death: the case against brain-based criteria for
human death, Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers.