000			01476nam a22001937a 4500
999			_c75942 _d75942
020			_a9781138062696
082			_a170.954 P977 I _b104753
100			_aPurushottama Bilimoria, Ed.
245			_aIndian Ethics: _bClassical Traditions and Contemporary Challenges.
250			_a1st ed
260			_aLondon _bRoutledge _c2017
300			_a431
500			_aIndian 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 democra
505			_aPart-A: Early Indian Ethics. Part-B: Buddhist and Jaina Approaches to Ethical Decision Making
650			_aEthics
700			_aJoseph Prabhu
700			_aRenuka Sharma
942			_cBK