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Awesome Nightfall: The Life, Times, and Poetry of Saigyo by Saigyo, Lafleur, William R

“…Awesome Nightfall captures the power of Saigyo's poetry and this previously overlooked poet's keen insight into the social and political world of medieval…”
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From Agape to Organs: Religious Difference between Japan and America in Judging the Ethics of the Transplant by LaFleur, William R.

“…This essay argues that Japan's resistance to the practice of transplanting organs from persons deemed “brain dead” may not be the result, as some claim, of…”
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Awesome nightfall: the life, times, and poetry of Saigyo by Saigyo, Lafleur, William R

“…Awesome Nightfall captures the power of Saigyo's poetry and this previously overlooked poet's keen insight into the social and political world of medieval…”
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Dark Medicine: Rationalizing Unethical Medical Research by LaFleur, William R, Böhme, Gernot, Shimazono, Susumu

“…The trial of the German doctors exposed atrocities of Nazi medical science and led to the Nuremberg Code governing human experimentation. In Japan, Unit 731…”
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Enhancement and Desire: Japanese Qualms about Where Biotechnology is Taking Us by LaFleur, William R.

“…Japan's Buddhists view bodily enhancement neither negatively in terms of sin nor positively as repairing the world. They prefer prudence, however, due to the…”
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More Information, Broader Dissent on Informed Consent by LaFleur, William R.

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Unconventional Guest: Masao Abe's Dialogue with the American Academy by LaFleur, William R.

“…LaFleur shares his thoughts on Masao Abe's dialogue with the American academy. He considers Abe as an unconventional in academic or dialogic contexts and in…”
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Buddhism in a Fail‐Safe Mode: Examining “Medieval” Japan by LaFleur, William R.

“…LaFleur reviews The Gates of Power: Monks, Courtiers, and Warriors in Premodern Japan by Mikael S. Adolphson…”
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Suicide off the Edge of Explicability: Awe in Ozu and Kore'eda by LaFleur, William R.

“…The work of Japanese filmmakers Yasujiro Ozu and Hirokazu Kore-Eda are examined in terms of Buddhist concepts. Frequently compared to Ozu, Kore-Eda makes films…”
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Reasons for the Rubble: Watsuji Tetsurō's Position in Japan's Postwar Debate about Rationality by LaFleur, William R.

“…A reassessment of Watsuji Tetsurō is undertaken by bringing his changing view of the importance of Francis Bacon to bear on his understanding of the role of…”
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RECIPIENT AS CANNIBAL: JAPANESE CONCERNS ABOUT THE ETHICS OF ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION by LaFleur, William R.

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A Comment Concerning Abortion Rites in Japan by LaFleur, William R.

“…LaFleur disagrees with an assessment made by Patricia Steinhoff of Helen Hardacre's book "Marketing the Menacing Fetus in Japan." Hardacre's arguments are not…”
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Nishida Kitaro to gendai by Takeuchi, Y, Lafleur, William R

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Silences and Censures: Abortion, History, and Buddhism in Japan: A Rejoinder to George Tanabe by LaFleur, William R.

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Contestation and Consensus: The Morality of Abortion in Japan by LaFleur, William R.

“…The morality of abortion in Japan is examined. The chief value in the study of Japanese thinking concerning abortion may be heuristic…”
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Adjusting the Body-Clock: Archaic Aspirations and Contemporary Chemicals by LaFleur, William R.

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Poetry and Risk Ideology's Edge in Dōgen and Tamekane by LaFleur, William R.

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Nishida Kitaro by Nishitani, K, Yamamoto, S, Heisig, J, Lafleur, William R

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Buddhist Emptiness in the Ethics and Aesthetics of Watsuji Tetsurō by Lafleur, William R.

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Doing things differently: the ethics of abortion in Japan by LaFleur, William R

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