Did you think of it yourself or were introduced to it from someone else?
If I'd heard of it from somewhere else it must have been in my subconscious, because I remember it coming to mind as I was writing the assignment.
Dharma has other aspects too such as the manifestation of Rta, one's chosen best way of conduct given their situation (Swadharma) etc; and it can be driven primarily by the rational faculty and eventually something beyond that faculty too.
True, but it is - at least it seems to me - that it is an appeal external to the ego of the self.
In the more familiar form as intellectual inquiry, it is one of the paths to liberation (Jnana) rather than the end; and insofar as it is not a path to final understanding but a worldly end, it is only for the purpose of recognition and validation (Artha).
Yes, iirc I did note that further on.
I also admit I could not understand what the reasoning might be behind your conclusion: "The union of .... modern liberal approaches." Would be great if you can explain.
Ah, OK. That comes from the conceptual unity of natural and moral laws which can give rise to naturalistic and moralistic fallacies. What is "true" is not necessarily "right" and vice-versa; facts and norms have different forms of justification.
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Date: 2011-12-08 02:05 am (UTC)If I'd heard of it from somewhere else it must have been in my subconscious, because I remember it coming to mind as I was writing the assignment.
Dharma has other aspects too such as the manifestation of Rta, one's chosen best way of conduct given their situation (Swadharma) etc; and it can be driven primarily by the rational faculty and eventually something beyond that faculty too.
True, but it is - at least it seems to me - that it is an appeal external to the ego of the self.
In the more familiar form as intellectual inquiry, it is one of the paths to liberation (Jnana) rather than the end; and insofar as it is not a path to final understanding but a worldly end, it is only for the purpose of recognition and validation (Artha).
Yes, iirc I did note that further on.
I also admit I could not understand what the reasoning might be behind your conclusion: "The union of .... modern liberal approaches." Would be great if you can explain.
Ah, OK. That comes from the conceptual unity of natural and moral laws which can give rise to naturalistic and moralistic fallacies. What is "true" is not necessarily "right" and vice-versa; facts and norms have different forms of justification.