The Bloomsbury Research Handbook Of Indian Ethics (bloomsbury Research Handbooks In Asian Philosophy)
by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad /
2016 / English / EPUB
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Featuring leading scholars from philosophy and religious studies,
Featuring leading scholars from philosophy and religious studies,The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Ethics
The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Ethics dispels
the myth that Indian thinkers and philosophers were uninterested
in 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.
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.
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.
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.
