Shyam Ranganathan

The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Ethics

Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Ethics Edited by Shyam Ranganathan

The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Ethics

This is a volume that I edited, and I wrote an extended introduction to the volume too.

From the publisher: “Featuring leading scholars from philosophy and religious studies, The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Ethics dispels the myth that Indian thinkers and philosophers were uninterested in ethics.

This comprehensive research handbook traces Indian moral philosophy through classical, scholastic Indian philosophy, pan-Indian literature including the Epics, Ayurvedic medical ethics, as well as recent, traditionalist and Neo-Hindu contributions. Contrary to the usual myths about India (that Indians were too busy being religious to care about ethics), moral theory constitutes the paradigmatic differentia of formal Indian philosophy, and is reflected richly in popular literature. Many of the papers make this clear by an analytic explication that draws critical comparisons and contrasts between classical Indian moral philosophy and contemporary contributions to ethics.”

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This is a volume that I edited, and I wrote an extended introduction to the volume too.

From the publisher: “Featuring leading scholars from philosophy and religious studies, The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Ethics dispels the myth that Indian thinkers and philosophers were uninterested in ethics.

This comprehensive research handbook traces Indian moral philosophy through classical, scholastic Indian philosophy, pan-Indian literature including the Epics, Ayurvedic medical ethics, as well as recent, traditionalist and Neo-Hindu contributions. Contrary to the usual myths about India (that Indians were too busy being religious to care about ethics), moral theory constitutes the paradigmatic differentia of formal Indian philosophy, and is reflected richly in popular literature. Many of the papers make this clear by an analytic explication that draws critical comparisons and contrasts between classical Indian moral philosophy and contemporary contributions to ethics.”

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Dr. Shyam Ranganathan

Dr. Shyam Ranganathan is a translation theorist, philosopher, and teacher. He is the author of five books, one translation, one edited volume, and numerous scholarly papers. His work spans ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophies of thought, language, religion, race, and artificial intelligence, as well as Asian philosophy—especially Indian philosophy, Indian moral philosophy, and philosophies of meditation. His research addresses the intersection of models of thought and explanation and their practical implications for how we live. He is an expert in Western and Indian philosophy and has also written academically on the Chinese tradition.