BHAGAVAD GĪTĀ AS DUTY AND VIRTUE ETHICS

The paper examines the ethical conception of the most well-known and much discussed Hindu text, the Bhagavad Gītā, in the context of the Western distinction between duty ethics and virtue ethics. Most of the materials published on the Gītā make much of its conception of duty; however, there is no sy...

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1. VerfasserIn: Gupta, Bina (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell 2006
In: Journal of religious ethics
Jahr: 2006, Band: 34, Heft: 3, Seiten: 373-395
weitere Schlagwörter:B the Bhagavad Gītā
B Hindu virtue ethics
B Hindu ethics
B Hindu duty ethics
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Zusammenfassung:The paper examines the ethical conception of the most well-known and much discussed Hindu text, the Bhagavad Gītā, in the context of the Western distinction between duty ethics and virtue ethics. Most of the materials published on the Gītā make much of its conception of duty; however, there is no systematic investigation of the notion of virtue in the Gītā. The paper begins with a discussion of the fundamental characteristics of virtue ethics, before undertaking a discussion of the conceptions of duty and virtue in the Gītā. The paper clearly demonstrates that (1) both duty and virtue coexist in the Gītā, and (2) the Gītā accords virtue an important place.
ISSN:1467-9795
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9795.2006.00274.x