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About the Book: Varnadharma, Niskama Karma and Practical Moraltiy
This book provides a bold, original and ciritical analysis ofsome basic concepts
of Indian ethics, lifting them up from theirregional roots to a general
philosophical level, along withilluminatingly creative analysis of some
practical issues of moralliving. Professor Prasad shows, on logical grounds that
avarnadharma cannot be both natural and obligatory, the prescriptionof acting
desirelessly makes any desireless action justified,acting desirelessly itself
cannot be a duty, the concept ofjivanmukti is inapplicable, etc. In respect of
ethical practice, heargues, with fair amount of rigour and originality, for
moral angerand forgiveness as a conditional virtue, basing secularism on
theprimacy of the ethical,
About the Book: Varnadharma, Niskama Karma and Practical Moraltiy
This book provides a bold, original and ciritical analysis ofsome basic concepts
of Indian ethics, lifting them up from theirregional roots to a general
philosophical level, along withilluminatingly creative analysis of some
practical issues of moralliving. Professor Prasad shows, on logical grounds that
avarnadharma cannot be both natural and obligatory, the prescriptionof acting
desirelessly makes any desireless action justified,acting desirelessly itself
cannot be a duty, the concept ofjivanmukti is inapplicable, etc. In respect of
ethical practice, heargues, with fair amount of rigour and originality, for
moral angerand forgiveness as a conditional virtue, basing secularism on
theprimacy of the ethical,