Grounding morality : freedom, knowledge and the plurality of cultures / / editors, Jyotirmaya Sharma, A. Raghuramaraju

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828397103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Delhi ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-136-19826-1; 0-203-08545-0; 1-283-88647-2; 1-136-19827-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (383 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RaghuramarajuA. <1957->; SharmaJyotirmaya
• Disciplina: 170
• Soggetti: Identity (Philosophical concept); Philosophy and religion - India; Cultural pluralism - India; Religion and ethics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Grounding Morality: Freedom, Knowledge and the Plurality of Culture; Copyright; Contents; Preface An Alchemist of Our Times; 1 Philosophies of Path and Purpose; 2 Philosophy as Poetry and Conversation; 3 On Hating One's Own Children; 4 Notes towards the Definition of 'Identity'; 5 Does Kant Hold that Ought Implies Can?; 6 Kant on the Sublime: The Subject the Question of Difference; 7 Virtue Ethics as Virtue Metaphysics; 8 On Quiet Conversation: Ethics and the Art of Self-Convaersation; 9 Conversation in Shimla about the Meaning of Life and the Nature of Democracy; 10 Ahimsa and the Metaphsics of Non-violence11 Forgotten Moral Exemplars of the West: A Critique of Akeel Bilgrami's Projection of Gandhi; 12 Secularism and the Devout: A Gandhian Reading; 13 Moral Choice: Gandhi and Weber on Capitalism and Conscience; 14 Engaging Modernity; 15 Secular State and Religious Education: The Debate in India; 16 Resilience without Partisanship? The Puzzle of India's Democracy; 17 Imagining Incommensuragles: The Hindu Rashtra and ; the Indian Nation; In Appreciation; Mrinal Miri's Publications; Notes on Editors; Notes on Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Put together to honour one of the most influential philosophers in recent times, Mrinal Miri, this book brings together articles on philosophy, politics, literature and society, and updates the status of enquiry in each of these fields. In his philosophical writings, Miri has broken the stranglehold that early training has on academics and written on a range of themes and areas, including analytical philosophy, political philosophy, tribal identity, ethics and, more recently, an abiding engagement with the ideas of Gandhi.The articles in this volume mirror some of Miri's concerns and