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Indian ethics is one of the great traditions of moral thought in
world philosophy whose insights have influenced thinkers in early
Greece, Europe, Asia, and the New World. This is the first such
systematic study of the spectrum of moral reflections from India,
engaging a critical cross-cultural perspective and attending to
modern secular sensibilities. The volume explores the scope and
limits of Indian ethical thinking, reflecting on the interpretation
and application of its teachings and practices in the comparative
and contemporary contexts. The chapters chart orthodox and
heterodox debates, from early classical Hindu texts to Buddhist,
Jaina, Yoga, and Gandhian ethics. The range of issues includes:
life-values and virtues, karma and dharma, evil and suffering,
renunciation and enlightenment; and extends to questions of human
rights and justice, ecology and animal ethics, nonviolence and
democracy. Ramifications for rethinking ethics in a postmodern and
global era are also explored. Indian Ethics offers an invaluable
resource for students of philosophy, religion, human sciences and
cultural studies, and to those interested in South Asian responses
to moral dilemmas in the postcolonial era.
Indian ethics is one of the great traditions of moral thought in
world philosophy whose insights have influenced thinkers in early
Greece, Europe, Asia, and the New World. This is the first such
systematic study of the spectrum of moral reflections from India,
engaging a critical cross-cultural perspective and attending to
modern secular sensibilities. The volume explores the scope and
limits of Indian ethical thinking, reflecting on the interpretation
and application of its teachings and practices in the comparative
and contemporary contexts. The chapters chart orthodox and
heterodox debates, from early classical Hindu texts to Buddhist,
Jaina, Yoga, and Gandhian ethics. The range of issues includes:
life-values and virtues, karma and dharma, evil and suffering,
renunciation and enlightenment; and extends to questions of human
rights and justice, ecology and animal ethics, nonviolence and
democracy. Ramifications for rethinking ethics in a postmodern and
global era are also explored. Indian Ethics offers an invaluable
resource for students of philosophy, religion, human sciences and
cultural studies, and to those interested in South Asian responses
to moral dilemmas in the ostcolonial era.
Often considered the most admired human being of the twentieth
century, Mahatma Gandhi was and remains controversial. Among the
leading Gandhi scholars in the world, the authors of the timely
studies in this volume present numerous ways in which Gandhi's
thought and action-oriented approach are significant, relevant, and
urgently needed for addressing the major problems and concerns of
the twenty-first century. Such problems and concerns include issues
of violence and nonviolence, war and peace, religion and religious
conflict and dialogue, terrorism, ethics, civil disobedience,
injustice, modernism and postmodernism, forms of oppression and
exploitation, and environmental destruction. These creative,
diverse studies offer a radical critique of the dominant
characteristics and priorities of modern Western civilization and
the contemporary world. They offer positive alternatives by using
Gandhi, in creative and innovative ways, to focus on nonviolence,
peace with justice, tolerance and mutual respect, compassion and
loving kindness, cooperative relations and the realization of our
interconnectedness and unity, meaningful action-oriented engagement
of dialogue, resistance, and working for new sustainable ways of
being human and creating new societies. This volume is appropriate
for the general reader and the Gandhi specialist. It will be of
interest for readers in philosophy, religion, political science,
history, cultural studies, peace studies, and many other fields.
Throughout this book, readers will experience a strong sense of the
philosophical and practical urgency and significance of Gandhi's
thought and action for the contemporary world.
Often considered the most admired human being of the twentieth
century, Mahatma Gandhi was and remains controversial. Among the
leading Gandhi scholars in the world, the authors of the timely
studies in this volume present numerous ways in which Gandhi's
thought and action-oriented approach are significant, relevant, and
urgently needed for addressing the major problems and concerns of
the twenty-first century. Such problems and concerns include issues
of violence and nonviolence, war and peace, religion and religious
conflict and dialogue, terrorism, ethics, civil disobedience,
injustice, modernism and postmodernism, forms of oppression and
exploitation, and environmental destruction. These creative,
diverse studies offer a radical critique of the dominant
characteristics and priorities of modern Western civilization and
the contemporary world. They offer positive alternatives by using
Gandhi, in creative and innovative ways, to focus on nonviolence,
peace with justice, tolerance and mutual respect, compassion and
loving kindness, cooperative relations and the realization of our
interconnectedness and unity, meaningful action-oriented engagement
of dialogue, resistance, and working for new sustainable ways of
being human and creating new societies. This volume is appropriate
for the general reader and the Gandhi specialist. It will be of
interest for readers in philosophy, religion, political science,
history, cultural studies, peace studies, and many other fields.
Throughout this book, readers will experience a strong sense of the
philosophical and practical urgency and significance of Gandhi's
thought and action for the contemporary world.
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