An Applied Perspective on Indian Ethics

• Main Author: Mohapatra, P. K. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Ethics.; Ontology.; Philosophy of mind.; Philosophy of Mind.

This book presents a novel interpretation of major problems of Indian ethics from an applied ethical perspective. It approaches prominent theories like Dharma, Karma and Purusarthas from a critical point of view, so as to render them logically consistent and free from some standard limitations. Ethi...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Justification of Morality
• Chapter 2. Ethics, Appied Ethics and Indian Theories of Morals
• Chapter 3. Morality and Objectivity
• Chapter 4. Universalizability and Objectivity
• Chapter 5. Ethical Theorizing in Indian Philosophy
• Chapter 6. Dharma as Moral Duty
• Chapter 7. Karma as a Theory of Retributive Morality
• Chapter 8. Niskama Karma: A Critical Assessment
• Chapter 9. Purusarthas: A General Theory of Values
• Chapter 10 Moksa and Morality
• Index
• Bibliography. .