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The Ethics of the Bhagavadgita and Kant
Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli
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Much has been made of the apparent similarity between the ethical systems of the Bhagavadgita and Kant, the critical philosopher. To the superficial reader, the similarity is no doubt striking. Both systems preach against the rule of the senses; both are at one in holding that the moral law demands duty for duty's sake. In spite of the agreements between the two systems, however, sober second thought will disclose differences of great moment. In the present article, the writer has neither the space, nor is he competent, to make a critical study of the two systems. All that he can hope to do, is to lay bare the practical side of the Vedanta system, or, more accurately, the Bhagavadgita, and to compare its teaching with that of Kant on the fundamental questions of free will, the moral problem, and the law of duty.
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1911-07
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