ISBN: 9789348911056
Author: Jadunath Sinha
Year of Publication: Oct’ 2026
Binding: PB
Language: English
No. of Pages: 388
ABOUT THE BOOK : Ethics is the Science of rightness and wrongness of conduct. Conduct is purposive action, which involves choice and will. It is the expression of character which is settled habit of will. The will is the self in action. Thus Ethics is the Science of human character as expressed in right or wrong conduct. Ethics is the Science of Highest good. It is the Science of morality. The book is intended to serve as an introduction to Modern Ethics. It deals with all topics which are generally prescribed by the Indian Universities for B.A., Pass and Honours Examinations. It deals with some important contemporary ethical theories such as Ideal Utilitarianism of Rashdall and Moore, Emotive theory of Ayer Neo-Intuitionism of Ross, Coherence theory of Paton, Marxian Ethics, Ethical Relativism, Naturalism, Non-naturalism, Subjectivism, Objectivism, and Creative Morality, Nietzsche’s Ethics of Will-to-Power and Superman, Gandhi’s Ethics of Ahims, and Shri Aurobindo’s Concept of Superman.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Jadunath Sinha was born in Kurumgram in Birbhum, West Bengal in 1892. Later he lived in Murshidabad and Kolkata (then Calcutta). Jadunath Sinha came from a Shakta Uttar rarhi kayastha family. So, Sinha had spiritual experiences throughout his life. He followed both classical tantra and emotional Shakta bhakti, with a philosophical position of Shakta universalism.