[INDOLOGY] Gita moral philosophy

[Howard Resnick]

My sincere thanks to Nagaraj, Alex, Aleksandar, and Dmitry. Also many thanks to Harald, and Fritzman who wrote to me privately.

I am in your debt.

Best wishes,
Howard



> On Jul 9, 2023, at 7:29 AM, Uskokov, Aleksandar <aleksandar.uskokov at yale.edu> wrote:
> 
> Also pertinent may be: 
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> Bina Gupta. "’Bhagavad Gītā’ as Duty and Virtue Ethics: Some Reflections.” The Journal of Religious Ethics, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Sep., 2006), pp. 373-395 
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> 
> Not set in terms of the Euthyphro dilemma, but Kant's ethics of duty has some affinity with it. 
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> Best wishes,
> Aleksandar 
> 
> Aleksandar Uskokov
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> From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info <mailto:indology-bounces at list.indology.info>> on behalf of Alex Watson via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>
> Sent: Sunday, July 9, 2023 7:15 AM
> To: Howard Resnick <hr at ivs.edu <mailto:hr at ivs.edu>>; Indology List <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Gita moral philosophy
>  
> Dear Howard
> 
> I don't think any of the following discuss the Euthyphro dilemma specifically, but they all analyze 'the ethics of the Gītā' using either the framework of the consequentialism / deontology / virtue ethics trichotomy or the categories of western axiology.
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> Perrett, Roy W. 1998. Hindu Ethics: A Philosophical Study.  The Gīta's ethics are discussed in all 4 chapters, but especially the first 3.
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> Perrett, Roy W. 2005. 'Hindu Ethics?' In The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics. Edited by William Schweiker. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 323–29.
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> Sreekumar, Sandeep. 2012. 'An Analysis of Consequentialism and Deontology in the Normative Ethics of the Bhagavadgītā.' Journal of Indian Philosophy 40: 277–315.
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> Frazier Jessica. 2021. 'Ethics in Classical Hindu Philosophy: Provinces of Consequence, Agency, and Value in the Bhagavad Gītā and Other Epic and Śāstric Texts.' Religions 12(11), 1029; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12111029
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> See also:
> Roy Perrett & Glen Pettigrove. 2015. 'Hindu Virtue Ethics.' In Michael Slote & Lorraine Besser-Jones (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics. New York: Routledge. pp. 51-62.
> 
> Yours
> Alex
> 
> On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 10:55 AM Howard Resnick <hr at ivs.edu <mailto:hr at ivs.edu>> wrote:
> Dear Scholars,
> 
> I would appreciate references to articles or books, available digitally, that analyze the Gita’s moral philosophy, especially but not exclusively from the standpoint of Western moral philosophy. More specifically, I wish to explore what for me is the dubious claim that the Euthyphro dilemma necessarily problematizes divine command theories of moral realism. 
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> Sorry if this is a rather abstruse request.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Howard
> 
> -- 
> Alex Watson
> Professor of Indian Philosophy
> Ashoka University
> https://ashokauniversity.academia.edu/AlexWatson

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