The Desire You Are Required to Get Rid of: A Functionalist Analysis of Desire in the Bhagavadgītā
@article{Framarin2006TheDY, title={The Desire You Are Required to Get Rid of: A Functionalist Analysis of Desire in the Bhagavadgītā}, author={Christopher G. Framarin}, journal={Philosophy East and West}, year={2006}, volume={56}, pages={604 - 617} }
Niskamakarma is generally understood nonliterally as action done without desire of a certain sort. It is argued here that all desires are prohibited by niskamakarma. Two objections are considered: 1 desire is a necessary condition of action, and 2 the Indian tradition as a whole accepts desire as a necessary condition of action. A distinction is drawn here between a goal and a desire, and it is argued that goals-not desires-are entailed by action, and that the Indian tradition accepts goals-not… CONTINUE READING
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