ISBN10: 8180695441, ISBN13: 9788180695445, [publisher: Centre for Studies in Civilizations] Hardcover pp. xxvii + 452
[Hounslow, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2008]

ISBN10: 8180695441, ISBN13: 9788180695445, [publisher: Centre for Studies in Civilizations] Hardcover pp. xxvii + 452 Index 1st Edition
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]

ISBN10: 8180695441, ISBN13: 9788180695445, [publisher: Centre for Studies in Civli, New Delhi] Hardcover Contents Preface. General editor and author. General introduction. 1. Introduction on studying classical Indian ethics philosophically some problems and prejudices. 2. Two concepts of cognitive inquiry. 3. Philosophizing the classical Indian way a rethinking. 4. Para and Apara Vidya superiority of inquiry as realizing highest value over other inquiries. 5. Ethics Indian philosophy and Para Apara Vidya categoriology. 6. Theorizing in ethics the Indian way. 7. Ethics and social organisation. 8. Classical Indian theory of human value some structural features. 9. Value as material well being (Artha Purusartha). 10. Value as appetitive well being (Kama Purusartha). 11. Value as living a morally good life (Dharma Purusartha). 12. Morally good life through inculcation of virtue (Samanya Dharma). 13. Morally good life through the performance of caste duties (Varnadharama). 14. The highest Purusartha Liberation (Moksa). 15. The Karmic Worldview the theoretical background of classical Indian ethics. Select bibliography. Index. The volumes of the Project on History of Science Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization aim to discover the central aspects of India's heritage and present them in an interrelated manner. In spite of their unitary look these volumes recognize the difference between the areas of material civilization and those of ideational culture. The proj ...