Ethics and Value in Indian Philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9215679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William F Goodwin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1955 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 321 |
| Publication date | 1955-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy East and West (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8221 • E-ISSN: 1529-1898 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1396742 |
| OpenAlex | W2328355743 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
In a paper read before East-West Philosophers' Conference held at University of Hawaii in summer of 1949, Wilmon H. Sheldon takes a fundamental difference in moral attitude as constituting one of three basic philosophic contrasts between East and West. Speaking of East, he asks, Now Hindu or Buddhist or Taoist finds his good where? Not in particular events of nature's course, not in moment-to-moment pleasures of us men; their fundamental interest is not in this world as it is in all its complexity and individuality. This world is scene of misery; true good is not to be gained by rearranging or reordering its make-up, but in penetration deep within differences to One within, or beyond, or wherever. The cure of misery is not gained by manipulation of nature's things or ways, but by turning away . . . even Gautama saw no salvation in worldly scene. . . .' If, now, we limit ourselves to streams of thought having their origins in ancient Hindu scriptures-the Vedas-the generalization, as applicable to Indian philosophy, is unqualifiedly sound.2 The philosophies of India, as they depict human scene, sound a note of complete disillusionment, if not of pessimism: that nature is, or ever could be, locus of important terminal values' is uniformly denied. The point of view of Indian philosophy is put forcefully by Swami Nikhilananda in his affirmation that the purpose of human action in any
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2024 (49) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |