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Grounding morality : freedom, knowledge, and the plurality of cultures / editors, Jyotirmaya Sharma, A. Raghuramaraju

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New Delhi ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 368 pages)
Additional Creators
Sharma, Jyotirmaya and Raghuramaraju, A., 1957-
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Language Note
English.
Contents
1. Philosophies of path and purpose / Jonardon Ganeri -- 2. Philosophy as poetry and conversation / Michael McGhee -- 3. On hating one's own children / Sanil V -- 4. Note towards the definition of 'identity' / Akeel Bilgrami -- 5. Does Kant hold that ought implies can? / Shyam Ranganthan -- 6. Kant on the sublime : the subject and the question of difference / Udaya Kumar -- 7. Virtue ethics as virtue metaphysics / Bijoy H. Boruah -- 8. On quiet conversation : ethics and the art of self-conversation / Sundar Sarukkai -- 9. Conversations in Shimla about the meaning of life and the nature of democracy / Noel O'Sullivan -- 10. Ahimsa and the metaphysics of non-violence / Leela Gandhi -- 11. Forgotten moral exemplars of the west : a critique of Akeel Bilgrami's projection of Gandhi / A. Raghuramaraju -- 12. Secularism and the devout : a Gandhian reading / Bindu Puri -- 13. Moral choices : Gandhi and Weber on capitalism and conscience / T.N. Madan -- 14. Engaging modernity / Saurahh Dube -- 15. Secular state and religious education : the debate in India / Rajeev Bhargava -- 16. Resilience without partisanship? : the puzzle of India's democracy / Subrata K. Mitra -- 17. Imagining incommensurables : the Hindu rashtra and the Indian nation / Jyotirmaya Sharma.
Summary
Put together to honour one of the most influential philosophers in recent times, Mrinal Miri, this book brings together articles on philosophy, politics, literature and society, and updates the status of enquiry in each of these fields. In his philosophical writings, Miri has broken the stranglehold that early training has on academics and written on a range of themes and areas, including analytical philosophy, political philosophy, tribal identity, ethics and, more recently, an abiding engagement with the ideas of Gandhi. The articles in this volume mirror some of Miri's concerns and.
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ISBN
9781136198274 (electronic bk.)
113619827X (electronic bk.)
0203085450
9780203085455
1283886472
9781283886475
9780415585750
0415585759
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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