Renuka Sharma
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Empathy is a term much used in popular culture and professional circles. Yet it remains one of the most misunderstood tropes. Most people confuse or conflate empathy with sympathy; though related, these involve somewhat radically different affective or psychological registers. Empathy is founded on the art of understanding a living being's particular mental state or inner condition, in respect of his/her predicament, pain, suffering, anguish, fear, grief, sorrow, ...
Indian ethical traditions have been one of the great repositories of moral thought in world philosophy whose insights have influenced early Greece, Europe, Asia, and the New World. This volume is the first such systematic study of the spectrum of moral reflections from India employing a critical cross-cultural perspective and engaging modern secular sensibilities. This comprehensive compendium explores the scope and limits of Indian ethical traditions. It ...