Conceptualising Asian communication ethics: A Buddhist perspective

Journal of Multicultural Discourses

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-60

  Ishii, Satoshi ^a  

^a DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian communication ethics; Buddhist ethics; Deep ecology; Eightfold noble path; Fourfold noble truth; Ten precepts; Twelve linked chain of causation

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249084090     PISSN: 17447143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17447140802651645     Document Type: Article

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