Christopher Framarin

Hinduism and Environmental Ethics (eBook, PDF)

Law, Literature, and Philosophy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Analysing the philosophical arguments about the understanding of environment in the Hindu context, this book demonstrates the intrinsic worth of both animals and plants and argues that this, combined with doctrine of living liberation, allows a conceptual space for the validity of environmental ethics in Hinduism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317918950
• Artikelnr.: 40528602

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