Professor Emeritus Damien Keown
Staff details
Research Interests
Buddhist ethics: theoretical foundations and normative applications, with particular reference to medicine and biotechnology.
Publications and research outputs
Book
Keown, Damien V.; Husted, Wayne R and Prebish, Charles. 2015. Buddhism and Human Rights. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138862296
Keown, Damien V.. 2013. Buddhism. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199663835
Keown, Damien V. and Charles, P.. 2007. Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Routledge. ISBN 9780415314145
Broadhead, Philip J. and Keown, Damien V.. 2006. Can Faiths Make Peace? Holy Wars and the Resolution of Religious Conflicts. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781845112769
Keown, Damien V.. 2005. Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 019280457X
Keown, Damien V.. 2005. From Ancient India to Modern Benares: Buddhist Studies in Honor of Charles Prebish. Routledge.
Keown, Damien V. and Prebish, Charles. 2004. Buddhism–The eBook An Online Introduction -Fourth Edition. JBE Online Books. ISBN 978-0-9801633-6-0
Keown, Damien V.; Queen, Christopher and Prebish, Charles. 2003. Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism. Routledge. ISBN 978-0700715947
Keown, Damien V.. 2003. Dictionary of Buddhism. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198605609
Keown, Damien V.. 2001. Buddhism & Bioethics. London: Macmillan Palgrave. ISBN 978-0333912805
Keown, Damien V.. 2000. Contemporary Buddhist Ethics. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0700713134
Keown, Damien V.. 1998. Buddhism and Abortion. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0824821081
Keown, Damien V.. 1992. The Nature of Buddhist Ethics. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0333552636
Book Section
Keown, Damien V.. 2005. Origins of Buddhist Ethics. In: S. William, ed. The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics. Blackwell, pp. 286-296. ISBN 0631216340
Article
Keown, Damien V.. 2010. Buddhism, Brain Death and Organ Transplantation. Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 17, pp. 1-36.
Keown, Damien V.. 2007. Buddhism and Ecology: A Virtue Ethics Approach. Contemporary Buddhism, 8(2), pp. 97-112. ISSN 1463-9947
