Traditional Indian Virtue Ethics for Today

An East-West Dialogue
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-47971-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Comparative East-West Philosophy

Working in the tradition of world philosophy, this book puts Western virtue ethics in conversation with traditional Indian philosophies. The book begins with a contribution from Michael Slote on ‘World Philosophy: The Importance of India,’ which is followed by contributions covering metaethical topics such as the relationship between Western virtue ethics and various Indian philosophical traditions, and applied topics such as environmental ethics, business ethics, ethics and science, and moral psychology. Contributors include scholars working in both North America and India. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chakravarti, Sitansu S.

Chatterjee, Amita

Chakravarti, Ananda

Widdison, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FOREWORD Michael Slote, Phil., U of Miami, USAPREFACE Makarand Paranjape, English, JNU, IndiaACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I WORLD PHILOSOPHY1. Indian Philosophy and World PhilosophyMichael Slote, Phil., U of Miami, USA2. Questioning Buddhism on the Way to World PhilosophyMichael Slote, Phil., U of Miami, USA
PART II TRADITIONAL VIEWS REFORMULATED3. Tagore’s Philosophy of Man: Reconciling Opposing ForcesShefali Moitra, Retd., Phil., Jadavpur U, India4. Virtue Ethics in Swami Vivekananda: A Novel Perspective on VedantaAbhishek Banerjee, Biological Sciences, Purdue U, USA5. Sri Aurobindo’s Metaphysics of Morals in the Model of Virtue EthicsIndrani Sanyal, Retd., Phil., Jadavpur U, India
PART III VIRTUE ETHICS FOR CURRENT APPLICATION6. An Environmental Ethics for Today – Structured on the Indian Virtue Ethics ModelSitansu S Chakravarti, New College, U of Toronto, Canada7. Business Leadership and Virtue Ethics in the 21st Century: Framing Barton throughTagore’s LensAnanda Chakravarti, KPMG International, Toronto, Canada8. Ethical Message of the Mahabharata in the Wake of the Global Financial CrisisSitansu S Chakravarti, New College, U of Toronto, Canada9. Introducing Virtue Ethics in the Business Management CurriculumDennis Wittmer, Management, Daniels College of Business, U of Denver, USA10. Kautilya’s Virtue Ethics-based Economics vs. Modern EconomicsBalbir Singh Sihag, Emeritus Professor, Economics, UMass, Lowell, USA
PART IV INDIAN VIRTUE ETHICS FOR THEORY BUILDING TODAY11. Why Virtue Ethics Comes Closest to Indian Moral PraxisAmita Chatterjee, Emeritus Professor, Phil., Jadavpur U, India12. Science and Virtue EthicsKumar Murty, Math & Phil., U of Toronto, Canada13. Emotion Concepts for Virtue Theory: From Aesthetic to Epistemic and MoralLisa Widdison, Phil., U of Hawaii, USA14. The Challenge to Being Virtuous: Solution Cues from the MahabharataNirmalya Narayan Chakraborty, Phil., Rabindra Bharati U, India
EPILOGUE WITH IDEAS FROM THE MAHABHARATAAmita Chatterjee, Emeritus Professor, Phil., Jadavpur U, India:Critique of Ethics in the Mahabharata: A Philosophical Inquiry for Today

Über Autor(innen)

Sitansu S. Chakravarti is President of the International Society for World Philosophy (ISWP). He has authored many books, including Hinduism – A Way of Life and Ethics in the Mahabharata – A Philosophical Inquiry for Today. His latest published work is Tagore–Wittgenstein Interface: The Poet’s Activism and Virtue Ethics’. He has taught at universities in North America and India.