Make Without Take

Shubha Ghosh

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-1836-0_23

Make Without Take

Shubha Ghosh

College of Law

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The Geeta teaches us to not be attached to the fruits of our actions. Rights-based legal systems, such as those associated with intellectual property rights, teach us to focus on consequences. One way to reconcile these paradoxical pair of teachings is to understand rights-based legal systems in terms of duties. What this means is to focus our energies on making rather than taking. Gandhi’s own interpretation of The Geeta is echoes this prescription. This chapter ponders the realities of “make, not take” in the modern economy and its demands.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Relevance of Duties in the Contemporary World
Subtitle of host publication	With Special Emphasis on Gandhian Thought
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	317-326
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811918360
ISBN (Print)	9789811918353
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1836-0_23
State	Published - Jan 1 2023

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General Social Sciences

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