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Hinduism and Environmental Ethics
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Hinduism and Environmental Ethics : Law, Literature, and Philosophy

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10 0415711487
ISBN-13 9780415711487
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Routledge
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Feb 6th, 2014
Print length 206 Pages
Weight 448 grams
Dimensions 24.20 x 15.30 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification: Religious ethicsHindu life & practice
Ksh 28,800.00
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Analysing the philosophical arguments about the understanding of environment in the Hindu context, this book demonstrates the intrinsic worth of both animals and plants and argues that this, combined with doctrine of living liberation, allows a conceptual space for the validity of environmental ethics in Hinduism.

This book argues that the standard arguments for and against the claim that certain Hindu texts and traditions attribute direct moral standing to animals and plants are unconvincing. It presents careful, extensive, and original interpretations of passages from the Manusmrti (law), the Mahābhārata (literature), and the Yogasūtra (philosophy), and argues that these texts attribute direct moral standing to animals and plants for at least three reasons: they are sentient, they are alive, and they possess a range of other relevant attributes and abilities.

This book is of interest to scholars of Hinduism and the environment, religion and the environment, Hindu and/or Buddhist philosophy more broadly, and environmental ethics.


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