M V Nadkarni

Ethics for Our Times

Essays in Gandhian Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of ethics as a conceptual framework and as a guide to action in tackling the problems of modernizing societies. It examines the relevance of Gandhian approach to current issues like environmental crisis, social justice, and equity and harmony in society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 147mm x 218mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780198073864
• ISBN-10: 0198073860
• Artikelnr.: 56747363

Autorenporträt

M. V. Nadkarni is Honorary Visiting Professor, Institute for Social Economics Change, Bangalore.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by VM Rao
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
PART I. ETHICS FOR A GLOBALIZING WORLD
1 Gandhian Perspective: Essence and Applications
2 Religion for Modern Times: Ethics-centred Gandhian Way
3 Ethics and Development
4 Ethics, Environment, and Culture: The Paradox of India
Part II. ETHICS: SOME PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS
5 Interrogating the Idea of Justice
6 Appearance and Reality
7 Holistic Approach to Knowledge: Contribution of the Bhagavadgita and its Relevance to Social Science Research and Ethics
PART III. ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HINDUISM
8 Humanism in Hinduism
9 Ethics in Hinduism
PART IV. SOME CONTEMPORARY CONCERNS
10 Ethics in Business
11 Gender Justice
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index
About the Author