Christopher Framarin

Hinduism and Environmental Ethics (eBook, ePUB)

Law, Literature, and Philosophy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that the standard arguments for and against the claim that certain Hindu texts and traditions attribute direct moral standing to animals and plants are unconvincing. It presents careful, extensive, and original interpretations of passages from the Manusmrti (law), the Mahabharata (literature), and the Yogasutra (philosophy), and argues that these texts attribute direct moral standing to animals and plants for at least three reasons: they are sentient, they are alive, and they possess a range of other relevant attributes and abilities.

This book is of interest to scholars of Hinduism and the environment, religion and the environment, Hindu and/or Buddhist philosophy more broadly, and environmental ethics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317918943
• Artikelnr.: 40528678

Autorenporträt

Christopher G. Framarin is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Department of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is the author of Desire and Motivation in Indian Philosophy, also published by Routledge.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. A Plausible Environmental Ethic 2 Instrumentalist Interpretations 3. Interconnectedness Interpretations 4. Sameness Interpretations 5. The Moral Standing of Animals and Plants in the Manusmrti 6. The Moral Standing of Animals and Plants in the Mah
bh
rata, Part I: The Burning of the Kh
ndava Forest 7. The Moral Standing of Animals and Plants in the Mah
bh
rata, Part II: The Dialogue on Vegetarianism and Ahims
in the Anü
sanaparvan 8. The Moral Standing of Animals and Plants in the Yogas
tra 9. Conclusion