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Exploring the philosophical concerns of the nature of self, this book draws from two of the most influential Indian masters, Śaṅkara and Śāntideva. Todd demonstrates that an ethics of altruism is still possible within a metaphysics which assumes there to be no independent self. A new ethical model based on the notions of ’flickering consciousness’ and ’constructive altruism’ is proposed. By comparing the metaphysics and ethics of Śaṅkara and Śāntideva, Todd shows that the methodologies and aims of these Buddhist and Hindu masters trace remarkably similar cross-cutting paths. Treating Buddhism and Hinduism with equal respect, this book compares and reinterprets the Indian material so as to engage with contemporary Western debates on self and to show that Indian philosophy is indeed a philosophy of dialogue.

Religious ethics --- Religions --- Ethics --- History. --- Śaṅkarācārya --- Śāntideva, --- Çāntideva, --- Chi-tʻien-lun-shih, --- Chŏkchʻŏn, --- Hsi-wa-la, --- Jitian, --- Śanti-deva, --- Shanti Deva, --- Shantideva, Acharya, --- Shantideva, --- Shanzav, --- Syantʻideva, --- Xiwala, --- Zhi ba lha, --- Źi-ba-lha, --- Шантидева, --- Шанзав, --- 寂天菩薩, --- 샨티데바, --- Cankara --- Śankarāchārya --- Śankarācārya --- Ethics. --- Shantidėva, --- Шантидэва, --- Śāntideva, - active 7th century