A Conceptual-analytic Study of Classical Indian Philosophy of Morals
Title | A Conceptual-analytic Study of Classical Indian Philosophy of Morals PDF eBook |
Author | Rajendra Prasad |
Publisher | Concept Publishing Company |
Pages | 496 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Ethics |
ISBN | 9788180695445 |
Using recontructive ideas available in classical Indian original works, this book makes a departure in the style of modern writings on Indian moral philosophy. It presents Indian ethics, in an objective, secular, and wherever necessary, critical manner as a systematic, down-to-earth, philosophical account of moral values, virtues, rights and obligations. It thereby refutes the claim that Indian philosophy has no ethics as well as the counter-claim that it transcends ethics. It demonstrates that moral living proves that the individual, his society and the world are really real and not only taken to be real for behavioral purposes as the Advaitins hold, the self is amoral being a non-agent, moksa is not a moral value, and the Karmic theory, because of involving belief in rebirth, does not fuarantee that the doer of an action is also the experiencer of its results, contrary to what is commonly held, and Indian ethics can sustain itself even if such notions are dropped. Rajendra Prasad calls Indian ethics organismic because, along with ethical concerns, it also covers issues related to professions, politics, administration, sex, environment, etc. Therefore, in one format it is theoretical and applied, normative and metaethical, humanistic and non-humanistic, etc., of course, within the limits of the then cognitive enquiry.
History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization
Title | History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization PDF eBook |
Author | Rajendra Prasad |
Publisher | |
Pages | 452 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9788180695445 |
A Historical-developmental Study of Classical Indian Philosophy of Morals
Title | A Historical-developmental Study of Classical Indian Philosophy of Morals PDF eBook |
Author | Rajendra Prasad |
Publisher | Concept Publishing Company |
Pages | 612 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Ethics |
ISBN | 9788180695957 |
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History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: pt. 1. A conceptual- analytic study of classical Indian philosophy of morals
Title | History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: pt. 1. A conceptual- analytic study of classical Indian philosophy of morals PDF eBook |
Author | Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | India |
ISBN | 9788187586425 |
Classical Indian Ethical Thought
Title | Classical Indian Ethical Thought PDF eBook |
Author | Kedar Nath Tiwari |
Publisher | |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9788120816084 |
The book is a philosophical treatise on the Hindu, Bauddha and Jaina morals meant for the University students of Indian Ethics as well as for the general readers interested in the subject. Books on the subject are generally written in a historical perspective. On the contrary, the present work is philosophical and critical which takes full cognisance of the recent developments in Western ethical thought and its likely impact on the understanding of the traditional Indian ethics. Attempt has been made to understand the subject in the light of certain well-knit conceptual frames developed in the West in the field of ethics. In course of doing this, certain reconstructions have also been made, but it has always been kept in mind that the reconstructions do not become jejune to the natural spirit of Indian thought.
Ethics and the History of Indian Philosophy
Title | Ethics and the History of Indian Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Shyam Ranganathan |
Publisher | Motilal Banarsidass Publishe |
Pages | 436 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9788120831933 |
Ethics and the History of Indian Philosophy, by Shyam Ranganathan, presents a compelling, systematic explication of the moral philosophical content of history of Indian philosophy in contrast to the received wisdom in Indology and comparative philosophy that Indian philosophers were scarcely interested in ethics. Unlike most works on the topic, this book makes a case for the positive place of ethics in the history of Indian philosophy by drawing upon recent work in metaethics and metamorality, and by providing a through analysis of the meaning of moral concepts and PHILOSOPHY itself- in addition to explicating the texts of Indian authors. In Ranganathan`s account, Indian philosophy shines with distinct options in ethics that find their likeness in the writings of the Ancient in the West, such as Plato and the Neo-Platonists, and not in the anthropocentric or positivistic options that have dominated the recent Western tradition.
The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Ethics
Title | The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Ethics PDF eBook |
Author | Shyam Ranganathan |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 425 |
Release | 2016-11-17 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1472587758 |
Featuring leading scholars from philosophy and religious studies, The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Ethics dispels the myth that Indian thinkers and philosophers were uninterested in ethics. This comprehensive research handbook traces Indian moral philosophy through classical, scholastic Indian philosophy, pan-Indian literature including the Epics, Ayurvedic medical ethics, as well as recent, traditionalist and Neo-Hindu contributions. Contrary to the usual myths about India (that Indians were too busy being religious to care about ethics), moral theory constitutes the paradigmatic differentia of formal Indian philosophy, and is reflected richly in popular literature. Many of the papers make this clear by an analytic explication that draws critical comparisons and contrasts between classical Indian moral philosophy and contemporary contributions to ethics. By critically addressing ethics as a sub-discipline of philosophy and acknowledging the mistaken marginalization of Indian moral philosophy, this handbook reveals how Indian contributions can illuminate contemporary philosophical research on ethics. Unlike previous approaches to Indian ethics, this volume is organized in accordance with major topics in moral philosophy. The volume contains an extended introduction, exploring topics in moral semantics, the philosophy of thought, (metaethical and normative) ethical theory, and the politics of scholarship, which serve to show how the diversity of Indian moral philosophy is a contribution to the discipline of ethics. With an overview of Indian moral theory, and a glossary, this is a valuable guide to understanding the past, present and future research directions of a central component of Indian philosophy.