ethics
While there is no ready equivalent in Hindu discourse to the Western theological and philosophical discipline of ‘moral philosophy’, ethics in the more general sense—how individuals and societies as a whole should behave in relation to each other, and in relation to the power or powers that are thought to govern life, time, and the universe—are, of course, as essential to Hindu traditions as they are to all other cultures. In the Hindu context, the formal discussion of principles and rules governing correct behaviour is most obvious in the ... ...
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