Essays about: "Jainism"

Found 1 essay containing the word Jainism.

  1. 1. Jain Vegetarian Laws in the City of Palitana : Indefensible Legal Enforcement or Praiseworthy Progressive Moralism?

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etik; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Ruben van Popering; [2015]
    Keywords : Ahimsa; Animal Rights; Anthropocentrism; Ecology; Jainism; Minority Rights; Moral Vegetarianism; Palitana; Philosophy of Law; Religious Rights;

    Abstract : The city of Palitana, India, has become the first region known to legally install de facto meat bans, essentially making Palitana a vegetarian city by law. These legal steps seem to be the direct result of social pressure put on local legislators in the form of a mass hunger strike performed by local Jain monks. READ MORE