Is unique in its coverage of multiple traditions in the history of philosophy

Addresses the relationship between personal identity and the scope of moral obligation

Is the first book to compare Buddhist philosophical ideas with both ancient and modern Western philosophers

Deals with Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu and Santideva from the combined perspective of analytic ethics and scholarship in the history of philosophy

Brings together many of the most distinguished practitioners of Buddhist philosophy

Associate Professor and former Chair of Philosophy Dept. (Carleton U.) B.Phil. and D.Phil. in Philosophy, University of Oxford (D.Phil. 2005) Founding executive member of Ethics and Public Affairs doctoral program (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada) Research interests: Ethical theory, Comparative Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Ethics, Metaethics, Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Personal Identity, Early Modern Metaphysics Author of “Traces of Consequentialism and Non-Consequentialism in Bodhisattva Ethics” (Philosophy East & West 2013); “Moral Realism and Anti-Realism outside the West” (Comparative Philosophy 2013)