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Rabindranath Tagore, Amartya Sen, and the early Indian classical period : the obligations of power / Neal Leavitt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022]Description: 189pContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781666915679
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Rabindranath Tagore, Amartya Sen, and the early Indian classical periodDDC classification:
  • 327.101 LEA (R) 23/eng/20220816
LOC classification:
  • JC330 .L356 2022
Other classification:
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: Buddha and Ashoka: 1. Violent Conduct -- 2. A Legal Code -- 3. Persons and Animals -- 4. From the Ethical to the Political -- 5. New Norms -- Conclusion to Part I -- Part II: A Development Ethic: 6. Living Reality -- 7. The International System -- 8. Human Security -- 9. Open Impartiality -- Bibliography -- About the Author.
Summary: "This book examines the ethical standard of the obligations of power articulated by philosophers Rabindrinath Tagore and Amartya Sen. The author argues that Tagore and Sen focused on the need to diminish all states' capacity for violence, regardless of regime type"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part I: Buddha and Ashoka: 1. Violent Conduct -- 2. A Legal Code -- 3. Persons and Animals -- 4. From the Ethical to the Political -- 5. New Norms -- Conclusion to Part I -- Part II: A Development Ethic: 6. Living Reality -- 7. The International System -- 8. Human Security -- 9. Open Impartiality -- Bibliography -- About the Author.

"This book examines the ethical standard of the obligations of power articulated by philosophers Rabindrinath Tagore and Amartya Sen. The author argues that Tagore and Sen focused on the need to diminish all states' capacity for violence, regardless of regime type"-- Provided by publisher.

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