Buddhism and Respect for Parents
Extensive sutra analysis of Buddha's teaching on respecting one's parents.

Buddhist Economics: Adhering to Ethical Standards
Economics inspired by Dhamma would be concerned with how economic activities influence the entire process of cause and condition, which will essentially affect the three interconnected spheres of human existence: individual, society and nature or the environment.

Buddhist Morality
The basic concepts of Buddhist morality.

Buddhist Precepts
An explanation of the Precepts by Robert Aitken Roshi.

Consequences of Your Actions
Online Chinese Buddhist tract with simple illustrations of the moral consequences of actions.

Continuity and Change in the Economic Ethics of Buddhism: Evidence From the History of Buddhism in India, China and Japan
A paper in the Journal of Buddhist Ethics considering Buddhist values with regard to wealth and economic activity, either within society or within the sangha.

Criteria for Judging the Unwholesomeness of Actions in the Texts of Theravaada Buddhism
Journal of Buddhist Ethics paper reviewing the role of ethics on the path in Theravāda texts and discussing the various criteria for distinguishing between gradations of wholesome and unwholesome actions, and considering the question of the relation between precept-taking and the moral worth of actions.

Cutting the Cat Into One: The Practice of the Bodhisattva Precepts in Zen
Kai, jo, e. Sila or precepts, samadhi or complete practice, prajna or wisdom. Call them what you will, these are the basis and the ground of healthy practice. They are also the Path itself. And the results? Well, they are also kai, jo, and e.

Dhammic Socialism
We are inevitably and inescapably social beings who must live together in a form of society that gives priority to the ways we inter-relate, work together, and help each other solve the problems and dukkha of life. Thus, the principle of right relationship or right inter-relatedness is the heart of such a society -- and this means Socialism, which may differ from the understanding of political scientists and Marxists.

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