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CONTENTS
Scheme of transliteration Abbreviations Foreword Preface
(iv) (iv)
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
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Nature of ethics-Ethics defined (1-2)-Summum
Bonum of life (3)—Happiness and misery (3-4) Preyas and Śreyas (4)-Suddhopayoga and
Subhopayoga (4-5). Problems of ethics-Removal of misery (5-6)-At
titude of Brāhmaṇism (6)--Attitude of Buddhism (6-7)—Six systems of philosophy (7-9) ---Jaina
view (10-11). Metaphysics and ethics --Buddhist view (11 )--Jaina
view (11-12) -Seven fundamentals of Jainism
(13-14)--Doctrine of Karman (14). Other schools of thought-Introductory (14-15) -
Time (15-16)—Nature (16-17)-Fatalism (17) — Views of Makkhali Gosāla (17) and Purāņa Kāśyapa (17-18) - Jaina view (18-19) --Chance (19)—Matter (19-21)-Purușa-Human Beings
(21)-Brahman (21-22)-God (22). Popular theories about God-In Hinduism (22)-In
Christianity (22-23) ---In Islam (23)—Some remarks on theism (23-25)- Jaina view about God
(25-26). Mckenzie's objections to the doctrine of karman
examined—(26-31). The question of freedom of will-Modern thin
kers (31-32), Jaina view--Human efforts and fate —the synthesis of the two (32-37).
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