Ethical Questions East and West

Eastern Philosophy represents one of the most ancient intellectual traditions of human culture, yet it is generally ignored by Western philosophers. Today more than ever, the need for understanding in a global community should be stressed as the scope, scale, and complexity of social changes increase. Bina Gupta strives to obtain a harmonious balance between the two traditions in her book Ethical Questions: East and West. Both ancient and modern sources such as the Buddha, Aristotle, the Upanishads, Simone de Beauvoir, Kant, and Alasdair MacIntyre are used to illustrate the varying traditions.

Bina Gupta is professor of philosophy and director of the South Asia Language and Area program at the University of Missouri at Columbia

General Introduction	p. 1
Who Am I?	p. 33
Introduction	p. 34
Chandogya Upanisad, "The Nature of the Self"	p. 45
Katha Upanisad, "Nachiketas and Death"	p. 48
Plato, The Allegory of the Cave	p. 54
Thomas Hobbes, Egoism and Human Nature	p. 61
Mencius, Human Nature	p. 67
Simone de Beauvoir, Woman as the Second Sex	p. 73
Gautama Buddha, "King Milinda and Nagasena on Anatta"	p. 81
What Ought I to Do?	p. 87
Introduction	p. 88
The Bible, "The Ten Commandments"	p. 97
Immanuel Kant, The Categorical Imperative	p. 99
John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism	p. 107
Mo Tzu, "Universal Love"	p. 116
The Mahabharata, Precepts for Life	p. 125
Bhagavad Gita, Duty in the Gita	p. 129
Edward Conze, "The Five Buddhist Precepts" and the Rules of Monastic Restraint	p. 131
What Kind of Person Ought I to Be?	p. 137
Introduction	p. 138
Aristotle, Virtue Ethics	p. 150
Gautama Buddha, The Teachings of the Buddha	p. 163
Gautama Buddha, The Five Cardinal Virtues	p. 166
Confucius, The Teachings of Confucius	p. 170
Bhagavad Gita, Virtues in the Gita	p. 177
Alasdair MacIntyre, "The Nature of the Virtues"	p. 179
Religion and Morality, Freedom, and Just Society	p. 187
Introduction	p. 188
Is Religion the Source of Morality?	p. 200
Emile Brunner, The Divine Imperative	p. 201
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Religion and Morality	p. 208
Herbert Fingarette, Human Community as Holy Rite	p. 215
Are We Free?	p. 225
St. Augustine, Evil, Providence, Foreknowledge, and Free Will	p. 226
Aristotle, Continence and Incontinence	p. 233
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Karma and Freedom	p. 239
Edward Conze, Emancipation and Nirvana	p. 244
Lao-tsu, Tao Te Ching	p. 248
What Is a Just Society?	p. 252
Mahatma Gandhi, Swaraj--Freedom and Self-Rule	p. 253
John Rawls, "Justice as Fairness"	p. 258
Index	p. 269
About the Editor	p. 281
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