Volume II,Issue IV, March 2026
Volume-II, Issue-IV, March, 2026 |
Received: 16.03.2026 | Accepted: 17.03.2026 | ||
Published Online: 31.03.2026 | Page No: | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.2.issue.04W. | |||
পাশ্চাত্য হিতবাদ ও ভারতীয় আধ্যাত্মিকতায় নৈতিক আদর্শ
বিবেকানন্দের প্রতিক্রিয়া
অভিজিৎ গরাই, গবেষক, গৌড়বঙ্গ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়,
মালদা, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
Abhijit Gorai, Research Scholar, University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
To Bengalee, to Indian
- even to outsiders, Vivekananda is known as a seer, humanist, and social activist.
He is not usually recognised as a philosopher, but rather as ‘Swamiji’.
However, his writings and lectures are filled with deep philosophical insights.
One example of a philosophical argumentative analysis appears in his critique
of the supporters of the principle of Utility. The advocates of Utilitarianism,
such as Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, have urged us to abandon belief in
supernatural entities, which they regard as mysterious, and to lead an
altruistic moral life. By adopting the principle of ‘the greatest good for the greatest
number,’ the claim that one can effectively explain sacrifices and altruism
inclination. Swamiji respectfully disagrees with the utilitarians at this
point. He argues that ethics cannot be developed without a conviction in the
existence of the supernatural or a belief in its infinity. He presented
numerous arguments side by side to expose the moral emptiness of the Western
‘Hitavada’ principle. This paper is a humble attempt to reflect on Swamiji's
observations. | ||
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