Ethics And The History Of Indian Philosophy

DETAILS : 

• Author : Shyam Ranganathan
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2007
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 426 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8120831934
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9788120831933

ABOUT THE BOOK 

Ethics and the History of Indian Philosophy, by Shyam Ranganathan, presents a compelling, systematic explication of the moral philosophical content of history of Indian philosophy in contrast to the received wisdom in Indology and comparative philosophy that Indian philosophers were scarcely interested in ethics.

Ranganathan's critical thesis is that the arguments for this received wisdom are based upon an inadequate grasp of the history of moral philosophy in the West, against which the Indian tradition is compared and an unworkable methodology, which could not even show that Western philosophers were particularly interested in ethics or that "good" is a value term. His novel, positive thesis is that "dharma" in all of its uses in the classical Indian tradition is a thin moral term, which is employed by authors to articulate their particular philosophies on Morality or ethics.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Shyam Ranganathan, MA (Philosophy), MA (South Asian Studies), PhD (Philosophy), is a researcher, scholar, author, translator and teacher of philosophy. He specializes in ethics/moral philosophy, philosophy of language and philosophy of thought, and South Asian philosophy. He is a member of the Department of Philosophy, and York Center for Asian Research, York University, Toronto