Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism: The Irrationality of Oppression

This groundbreaking book, Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism: The Irrationality of Oppression, argues that colonialism is fundamentally irrational and incompatible with the public practice of moral philosophy-the reason-based exploration of right choices and good outcomes. Moral Philosophy allows participants to make their own ethical decisions, which colonialism denies.Drawing on South Asian moral philosophy that colonization renders invisible, Ranganathan argues that all irrationality and oppression stems from interpretation: a confusion of thought with attitudes toward thoughts that imposes perspectives as explanations.Indigenous traditions use explication: explanation in terms of thought itself (not attitudes toward thoughts).The historical origins of interpretation lie in the Linguistic Account of Thought (LAT), which confuses what can be thought with culturally encoded attitudes.Rejected in ancient South Asia and controversial in ancient China but acclaimed in the West (Eurocent