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Grounding Morality Freedom, Knowledge and the Plurality of Cultures
382 Pages
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Routledge India
382 Pages
by
Routledge India
382 Pages
by
Routledge India
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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... Read more
Preface: An Alchemist of our Times 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. Notes Towards the Definition of ‘Identity’ Akeel Bilgrami 5. Does Kant Hold that Ought implies Can? Shyam Ranganathan 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. Kindred Spirits: Ahimsa and the Metaphysics of Nonviolence 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. Imagining Incommensurables: The Hindu Rashtra and the Indian Nation Jyotirmaya Sharma 15. Engaging Modernity Saurabh Dube 16. Secular State and Religious Education: The Debate in India Rajeev Bhargava 17. Resilience without Partisanship? The Puzzle of India’s Democracy Subrata K. Mitra 18. In Appreciation Mrinal Miri Index ,
Biography
Jyotirmaya Sharma is Professor of Political Science, University of Hyderabad.
A. Raghuramaraju is Professor of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad.
