Acknowledgments Series Introduction Introduction 1. Gandhi as a Postmodern Thinker Gandhi as Premodernist The Modernist Gandhi Two Forms of Postmodernism A Postmodern Gandhi 2. Nonviolence in Jainism and Hinduism Absolute Nonviolence in Jainism Gandhi and Jainism Relative Nonviolence in Hinduism Gandhi's View of the Bhagavad-gita 3. Vedanta, Atman , and Gandhi Bhikhu Parekh's Advaitin Gandhi Ramashray Roy's Nondual Gandhi Metaphors of Self and World 4. The Buddha and Pragmatic Nonviolence Nonviolence in Buddhism Gandhi's Misconceptions about Buddhism Gandhi, Self-Suffering, and the Buddha The Mahatma and the Bodhisattva The Buddhist Self as Functional Gandhian and Buddhist Humanism 5. Experiments with Truth Aristotle on Practical Reason Yi and Phronesis Dharma and the Middle Way The Eight-Fold Path Experiments with Truth 6. The Aesthetics of Virtue A Confucian Critique of Greco-Roman Ethics Rational versus Aesthetic Order A Confucian Aesthetics of Virtue A Fusion of Making and Doing Conclusions 7. Gandhi, Confucius, and Virtue Aesthetics Confucius versus Gandhi Instructive Similarities A Gandhian Aesthetics of Virtue 8.

Rules, Vows, and Virtues Rules and Virtues Virtue and Virility Vows and Virtues Gandhi's Vows Gandhi's Virtues 9. The Virtue of Nonviolence Character Consequentialism The Means-Ends Relation Is Nonviolence a Virtue at All? Is Nonviolence an Enabling Virtue? The Virtues, Pleasure, and Moral Freedom Happiness, Joy, and Pleasure 10. The Saints of Nonviolence: Buddha, Christ, Gandhi, King Saintly Gentleness and Tough Love Utility, Duty, or Infused Charity? The Charismatic Saint Mahatma, Megalopsychia , and the Flawed Saint Buddha, Christ, and Duress Virtue Notes Glossary of Foreign Terms Selected Bibliography Note on Supporting Center Index SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought.