LEADER 03791nam  22004935  450 
001 9910350209003321
005 20200705154749.0
010   $a981-13-7503-8
024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-13-7503-3
035   $a(CKB)4100000008876802
035   $a(DE-He213)978-981-13-7503-3
035   $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5813805
035   $a(EXLCZ)994100000008876802
100   $a20190708d2019      u|             0
101 0 $aeng
135   $aurnn|008mamaa
181   $ctxt$2rdacontent
182   $cc$2rdamedia
183   $acr$2rdacarrier
200 13$aAn Applied Perspective on Indian Ethics$b[electronic resource] /$fby P. K. Mohapatra
205   $a1st ed. 2019.
210  1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2019.
215   $a1 online resource (XV, 121 p. 1 illus.) 
311   $a981-13-7502-X 
327   $aChapter 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. .
330   $aThis 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. Ethical theories are meant to provide guidance for life, but quite often many of our celebrated theories appear to be inapplicable or difficult to apply in practical life. Indian ethical theories are of special significance to this problem because they have in them rich potentials of applicability as much as many of them typify inapplicable abstract theories of morals. The book incorporates a wealth of research on ethical theories, keeping in view the spirit of ethics and the demands of the situations; for a reasoned balance between the two is the key to applied ethics. The book argues that ethical theories are objective but defeasible in overriding circumstances where competing values deserve preference. Such justified exceptions are warranted by the very spirit of ethics, which is to promote the good life. The argument from defeasibility and justified violation in the book helps bridging the gap between ethics and its application and makes Indian theories of value appear in fresh light- workable, practically applicable and effective as incentives for morality. With uncommon virtue of contemporized presentation of Indian ethics, this book should be of interest to scholars and researchers working on Indian ethics and moral philosophy, as well as to those interested in Indian culture and value tradition. .
606   $aEthics
606   $aOntology
606   $aPhilosophy of mind
606   $aEthics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E14000
606   $aOntology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E22000
606   $aPhilosophy of Mind$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E31000
615  0$aEthics.
615  0$aOntology.
615  0$aPhilosophy of mind.
615 14$aEthics.
615 24$aOntology.
615 24$aPhilosophy of Mind.
676   $a170
700   $aMohapatra$b P. K$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0992670
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910350209003321
996   $aAn Applied Perspective on Indian Ethics$92273092
997   $aUNINA