The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Ethics

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1 Moral Philosophy: The Right and the Good
	1.  Introduction
	2.  What Is Philosophy?
		Explication versus Interpretation
		Why We Should Reject Interpretation
		Why We Should Explicate
		The Evidence: Disciplinary Relativity of Objectivity
	3.  Philosophical Concepts and the Right to Disagree
	4.  Moral Theory
		Four Moral Theories
			Virtue Ethics: The good (state of mind, or character, organization of society) is a condition of right action.
			Consequentialism: The right (action) is justified by the good (outcome).
			Deontology: The good is justified by the right.
			Bhakti/.Yoga: The right (procedure) causes the good.
		Observations of Indian Moral Theory
	5.  Conclusion
	Notes
	Bibliography
2 Philosophy, Religion, and Scholarship
	1.  Introduction
		Looking Ahead
	2.  Objections of Misunderstanding
		The Argument That Dharma and Ethics Are Philosophical Synonyms Is Too Quick
		Interpretation Is Required for the Distinction of Truth and Objectivity
		The Preceding Account of Moral Theory Is Unscholarly
		Your Writing Is Inelegant, Imprecise
		The Idea That “Dharma” Means Ethics Is Forced
		You Failed to Convince Me
	3.  Religion
		The Criticism of Religion Is Not Universally Applicable
		Religion Is More Than Ethics
	4.  Objection to the Characterization of Interpretation
	5.  In Defense of Orthodox Indology
		The Philology Project
		Indologists Know Better: Mill’s Liberal Imperialism
	6.  Interpreter’s Criticism
		You Are Mean and Uncharitable
		Explication Is Bias
	7.  Standard Objections to Indian Ethics: OI
	8.  Conclusion
	Notes
	Bibliography
3 The West, the Primacy of Linguistics, and Indology
	1.  Introduction
	2.  Two Models of Thought
		Thought as Explication
		Thought as Interpretation
		The Historical Roots of Logocentric Accounts of Thought
		How the Linguistic Account of Thought Hides Itself
		Linguistic Account of Thought Is Not Ubiquitous
	3.  Implications of the Linguistic Account of Thought
		Anthropocentric Communitarianism
		Uncritical Naturalism
		Anti-Philosophy
	4.  Objections
		Disciplinary Criticism of the West Is Essentializing
		Generalizations Admit of Exceptions
		The West Is Not the Only Intellectual Tradition with Commitments
	5.  Orthodox Indology as the Creature of Western Theory and Western Imperialism
	Notes
	Bibliography
4 Beyond Moral Twin Earth: Beyond Indology
	1.  Introduction
	2.  Beyond Moral Twin Earth: Will the Real Bhumi Step Forward?
		Moral Twin Earth
		A World of Diversity
		Outcomes
	3.  Failed Solutions
		Davidsonian “Solutions”
		Right-Wing Solutions
	4.  Objection
	5.  Conclusion
	Notes
	Bibliography
5 Interpretation, Explication, and Secondary Sources
	1.  Introduction
	2.  Quackery vs. Research
	3.  Contrasts
	4.  Summary of Contributions
		Moral Theory (Metaethics and Normative Ethics)
		Applied Ethics
		Ethics and Politics
	5.  Conclusion: Why More Indian Ethics Is a Good Thing
	Bibliography
6 The Scope for Wisdom: Early Buddhism on Reasons and Persons
	1.  Introduction
	2.  Ethical Reasoning in Early Buddhism
	3.  The Characteristic of Nonself
	4.  Mindfulness and Wisdom
	5.  Conclusion
	Notes
	Bibliography
7 Jaina Virtue Ethics: Action and Nonaction
	1.  Introduction
	2.  The Embodied Situation According to Jainism
	3.  Jaina Metaethics: Virtue as Intrinsic Personal Reality
	4.  Jaina Normative Ethics: Recovering Virtue from Action
	5.  The Relevance of Virtue
	6.  Conclusion
	Notes
	Bibliography
8 Patañjali’s Yoga: Universal Ethics as the Formal Cause of Autonomy
	1.  Introduction
	2.  Explication, and Interpreting the Yoga Sūtra
	3.  Yoga’s Place in Moral Theory
	4.  The Good as the Output of the Regulative Ideal
		The Three Parts of the Right
		Freedom vs. Determinism: The Metaphysics of Morals
	5.  The Public Practice of Personhood
	6.  Universal Ethics
		Response to Competing Theories
	7.  Fixing Kant
	8.  Working Out the Tension in Mill with a Bit of Yoga
	9.  Conclusion
	Note
	Bibliography
9 Nyāya Consequentialism
	1.  Introduction
		Nyaya Ethics: Consequentialism
		Liberation Without Consciousness
	2.  Motivation and Obligation
	3.  Response to Western Moral Theory
	4.  Conclusion
	Notes
	Bibliography
10 Mindfulness and Moral Transformation: Awakening to Others in Sāntideva’s Ethics
	1.  Introduction: A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night
	2.  Bodhicitta: A Good beyond Measure
	3.  Guarding Awareness: Moral Development and Mental Discipline
	4.  Moral Dimensions of Mindfulness and Concentration
	5.  The Perfection of Wisdom
	6.  Virtues and Consequences in Śāntideva’s Ethics
	7.  Conclusion: Moral Treatise as Meditation Manual
	Notes
	Bibliography
11 Three Vedāntas: Three Accounts of Character, Freedom, and Responsibility
	1.  Introduction
	2.  Moral Theory
	3.  The Vedas
	4.  MTA Part 1: Death and Deontology
	5.  MTA Part 2: The Bhakti Option and the Gītā
	6.  Three Orthodox Options
		Śaṅkara
		Rāmānuja
		Madhva
	7.  Do You Have Character?
	8.  Driving Past the Idea That Vedānta Is Theology Not Ethics
	9.  Conclusion: Responsibility?
	Bibliography
12 Medical Ethics in the Sanskrit Medical Tradition*
	1.  Introduction
	2.  Medical Ethics in Modern Ayurvedic Education
	3.  Medical Ethics in the Ayurvedic Treatises
		The Pillars of Medicine: Physicians, Attendants, and Patients
		The physician
		The attendant (and other carers)
		The patient
		Right Professional Conduct
		Veracity in The Doctor–Patient Relationship
		A physician’s honesty: Truth, but not the whole truth
		Ensuring patient compliance
		Deception as a therapeutic tool
	4.  Conclusion
	Notes
	Bibliography
13 Toward a Complete and Integral Mīmāṃsā Ethics: Learning with Mādhava’s Garland of Jaimini’s Reasons
	1.  On Hindu Ethics and Mīmāṃsā’s Uncertain Place
	2.  The Garland of Jaimini’s Reasons as a Best Entry Point into Mīmāṃsā Ethical Reasoning
	3.  In What Sense Then Is Mīmāṃsā Reasoning Ethical Reflection?
	Bibliography
14 A Study in the Narrative Ethics of the Mahābhārata
	1.  Introduction
	2.  Narrative and Philosophy
	3.  The Mahābhārata’s Merit as Narrative
	4.  Moral Theory
	5.  Arjuna and the Pāṅḍavas as the Personifications of Virtues (and Vices)
	6.  Breach of Virtue as the Restoration of Dharma
	7.  Justice
	8.  Friendship
	9.  Yudhiṣṭhira’s Test
	10.  Conclusion
	Notes
	Bibliography
15 Ethics of M. K. Gandhi: Nonviolence and Truth
	1.  Introduction
	2.  Some Previous Research
	3.  Criticism of Modernity
	4.  Nonviolence (Ahiṃsā)
		Nonviolence in the Bhagavad Gītā
		Niṣkāmakarma Sthitaprajña, Anasakti
		Jainism
		Independence
	5.  Truth (Satya)
	6.  Combining Truth and Nonviolence
		Ethics of Consumption (Aparigraha)
	7.  Conclusion
	Notes
	Bibliography
17 The Ethics of Radical Equality: Vivekananda and Radhakrishnan’s Neo-.Hinduism as a Form of Spiritual Liberalis
	1.  Introduction
	2.  The Ethics of Radical Equality
	3.  The Hell Dance of Demons: The Politics of Caste Oppression
	4.  Neo-Hinduism as Spiritual Liberalism
	5.  The Limits of Radical Equality: Neo-Hinduism as a Substantive Doctrine
	6.  Conclusion
	Note
	Bibliography
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