On Moral Law and Quest for Selfhood

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-17727-0
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 279 g

This book offers an original intersection of concepts from Immanuel Kant‘s moral command ethics and Sören Kierkegaards existential ethics. The Kantian formulation of moral law is based on theoretical ground while Kierkegaardian ethics of the quest for selfhood views it as the very act of living. The present work provides an account of both these p

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parasain, Mohan

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword S.P. Singh. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. Moral Imperative and Kant‘s Critical Philosophy 2. Kierkegaard and the Quest for Selfhood 3. Dialogue of Perspectives: Nietzsche, Kant, Kierkegaard, Bhagavad-Gita 4. Issues in Perspectives 5. Freedom in Framework 6. Traversing the Ethical Parallax. Bibliography. Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mohan Parasain is an independent researcher based in New Delhi and is currently with the Union Legislature of India. He completed his PhD in Philosophy from Panjab University, Chandigarh, and MA and BA in Philosophy from the University of Pune and Gauhati University, Assam, India respectively. He taught philosophy in colleges affiliated to Gauhati University before joining the Parliament of India in 2004. His interests are ethics, political philosophy, classical and continental philosophy, philosophy of law and legislation. He occasionally writes poetry and is presently working on a book on ethics in governance.