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In addition, this approach has some radical arguments, such as justifying harming others, which can be hardly accepted by a common understanding of Buddhism. In order to dispute consequentialist approach, I mainly examine the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna (大乘起信論, = the Awakening), the most important treatise in Chinese Buddhist history. Many Chinese Buddhist scholars consider this treatise to be crucial because it provides a thorough explanation of the mind. Using the Awakening, I will discuss concepts about the mind in an exploration of the theoretical structure of Chinese Buddhist ethics. By doing so, I will show why the consequentialist approach is problematic. I will argue that Chinese Buddhist ethics around the Awakening is more similar to deontology, and that the consequentialist approach is only plausible based on narrow interpretations of the Awakening.","abstract_html":"In this thesis, I refute the consequentialist approach to Chinese Buddhism. 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