Grounding Morality

Freedom, Knowledge and the Plurality of Cultures
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-66490-6
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 382 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 555 g

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 philosophical interests, but go beyond the format of a festschrift, as they seek to enhance and restate themes in moral philosophy, ethics, questions of identity, Gandhi’s philosophy, and offer a fresh perspective on themes such as secularism, religion and politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sharma, Jyotirmaya

Raghuramaraju, A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface: An Alchemist of our Times 1. Philosophies of Path and Purpose Jonardon Ganeri 2. Philosophy as Poetry and Conversation Michael McGhee 3. On Hating One’s Own Children Sanil V. 4. Notes Towards the Definition of ‘Identity’ Akeel Bilgrami 5. Does Kant Hold that Ought implies Can? Shyam Ranganathan 6. Kant on the Sublime: The Subject and the Question of Difference Udaya Kumar 7. Virtue Ethics as Virtue Metaphysics Bijoy H. Boruah 8. On Quiet Conversation: Ethics and the Art of Self-Conversation Sundar Sarukkai 9. Conversations in Shimla about the Meaning of Life and the Nature of Democracy Noel O’ Sullivan 10. Kindred Spirits: Ahimsa and the Metaphysics of Nonviolence Leela Gandhi 11. Forgotten Moral Exemplars of the West: A Critique of Akeel Bilgrami’s Projection of Gandhi A. Raghuramaraju 12. Secularism and the Devout: A Gandhian Reading Bindu Puri 13. Moral Choices: Gandhi and Weber on Capitalism and Conscience T. N. Madan 14. Imagining Incommensurables: The Hindu Rashtra and the Indian Nation Jyotirmaya Sharma 15. Engaging Modernity Saurabh Dube 16. Secular State and Religious Education: The Debate in India Rajeev Bhargava 17. Resilience without Partisanship? The Puzzle of India’s Democracy Subrata K. Mitra 18. In Appreciation Mrinal Miri Index ,

Über Autor(innen)

Jyotirmaya Sharma is Professor of Political Science, University of Hyderabad.
A. Raghuramaraju is Professor of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad.