An examination of the law of karma approached as a philosophical thesis important in its own right and as a unifying concept within certain religious-philosophical systems. The author includes ideas expressed in the 20th century as well as those found in classical Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.

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Metaphysical presuppositions of the law of karma; the laws of karma and causation; karma and fatalism; karma, causation and divine intervention; Hinduism and the enduring self; Buddhism, rebirth and the human person.