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As the final concluding chapter of my book, I have focused on certain significant implications of the conceptualisations of nature in Indian thought on moral action and conservation. The applicability of these interpretations for creating a framework of ecological ethics is analysed. The conclusion of an “eco-moral action” based framework for ecological ethics then places the themes discussed earlier into a modern context for conservation and other ecologically relevant themes.
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For details of this environmental incident in the state of Kerala, see Bijoy (2006)
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Baindur, M. (2015). Creating New Paradigms of Understanding: Action and Ecology. In: Nature in Indian Philosophy and Cultural Traditions. Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures, vol 12. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2358-0_11
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