Ethics for Our Times: Essays in Gandhian Perspective
M V Nadkarni
Abstract
This book provides analysis of ethics as a conceptual framework and the relevance of Gandhian thought for dealing with current issues like environmental crisis, social justice, and equity and harmony in society. The book explores the issues of economic development, environment, humanism, and religion in relation to modern ethical inquiries and argues for the need to adopt a holistic approach in resolving everyday moral questions. It also analyzes Mahatma Gandhi as an activist, philosopher and thinker and highlights the connection among the three systems of thought-ethics, the Hindu scriptures ... More
This book provides analysis of ethics as a conceptual framework and the relevance of Gandhian thought for dealing with current issues like environmental crisis, social justice, and equity and harmony in society. The book explores the issues of economic development, environment, humanism, and religion in relation to modern ethical inquiries and argues for the need to adopt a holistic approach in resolving everyday moral questions. It also analyzes Mahatma Gandhi as an activist, philosopher and thinker and highlights the connection among the three systems of thought-ethics, the Hindu scriptures and Gandhian principles.
Keywords:
ethics,
Gandhian thought,
environmental crisis,
social justice,
equity,
harmony,
humanism,
moral questions,
thought-ethics,
Hindu scriptures
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2014 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199450534 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2014 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199450534.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
M V Nadkarni, author
Honorary Visiting Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru
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