Jaina Normative and Applied Ethics

Jaina Normative and Applied Ethics

According to the Jainas, we are free when we live life according to virtues or virya and is considered as one of the three essential traits of the jiva. However, we are not free when takes priority. We find derivations of the basis deontological perspectives of Jainism which include the Panca Maha-vrata, namely

• Abstaining from harm (ahimsa)
• Truthfulness (satya)
• Abstinence from theft (Asteya)
• Sexual restraint (brahma-Carya)
• Un-acquisitiveness (Aparigraha)

The Mahavratas gu…

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Social Contract Theory- Locke

Social Contract Theory

In John Locke՚s Essay Concerning Human Understanding for we find the same notion of human nature as Thomas Hobbes′; Individual beings have no innate principles either logical or moral, however have innate inclinations, namely desires and appetites. Basically, human beings desire happiness and are averse to misery. They therefore desire whatever will contribute to the former and help them avoid the latter. Like Hobbes, Locke says that “if they were left to their full swing, ” pe…

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