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{{Infobox philosopher
|region = [[Western philosophy]]|[[Eastern Philosophy]]
|era = [[Contemporary philosophy]]
|image = Saju Chackalackal.JPG
|caption = Saju Chackalackal in 2018
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|name = Saju Chackalackal
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|03|15}}
|birth_place = [[Thrissur]], [[India]]
|alma_mater = {{unbulleted list | [[Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram]] | [[Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas]]}}
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|main_interests = {{unbulleted list|[[Kantianism]]|[[Epistemology]]|}}
|institution = {{unbulleted list|[[Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram]]|}}
|notable_ideas =
|influences = {{unbulleted list|[[Kant]]|}}
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'''Saju Chackalackal''' (born 15 March 1965) is an author<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88285883/|title=WorldCat Identities - Chackalackal Saju}}</ref> and professor of [[Philosophy]] at [[Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram]] [[Bangalore]]. He is also a [[catholic]] religious priest of the [[Carmelites of Mary Immaculate]] Congregation. He is a [[Kantianism|Kantian]] scholar who obtained a PhD from [[Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas]] Rome. He was the former chief editor of the [[Journal of Dharma]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://india.ucanews.com/scholars/profile/367|title=Profile of Saju Chackalackal {{!}} Scholar {{!}} UCAN India|website=india.ucanews.com|access-date=2018-06-11}}</ref> He has authored many books and articles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=C5RdQaoAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Saju Chackalackal - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.co.in|access-date=2018-06-11}}</ref> He was instrumental in preparing a number of course materials for [[Indira Gandhi National Open University]], Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/37890/simple-search?filterquery=Chackalackal,+Saju&filtername=author&filtertype=equals|title=eGyanKosh: Search|website=egyankosh.ac.in|access-date=2018-06-11}}</ref>

==Books published==
* Unity of Knowing and Acting in Kant, Dharmaram Publications, Bangalore. {{ISBN|81-8686-151-3}} {{ISBN|978-81-8686-151-6}}
* Ramayana and the Indian ideal: a search into the prevailing humanistic values in the Ramayana of Valmiki, Dharmaram Publications, Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OBAFAQAAIAAJ&q=saju+chackalackal|title=Ramayana and the Indian ideal: a search into the prevailing humanistic values in the Ramayana of Valmiki|last=Chackalackal|first=Saju|date=1992|publisher=Dharmaram Pub.|language=en}}</ref>
* Igniting Minds to Transform the Society: "legacy of K.E. Chavara for Innovative and Inclusive Education" and Other Essays on Education {{ISBN|81-8995-874-7}} {{ISBN|978-81-8995-874-9}}
* Tradition and Innovation: Philosophy of Rootedness and Openness, Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation, 2011. {{ISBN|978-81-7086-610-7}}

==Philosophical contributions==
Saju Chackalackal's philosophical contributions are generally in the areas of [[philosophy]], [[ethics]], [[Immanuel Kant]], [[Religion]] and [[Society]]. In these fields he has published more than a dozen books and over a hundred articles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=C5RdQaoAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Saju Chackalackal - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.co.in|access-date=2018-06-13}}</ref> His most notable contribution is in the field of [[Kantianism]] through his book "Unity of Knowing and Acting in Kant: A Paradigmatic Integration of the Theoretical and the Practical."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E1YWN4k527oC|title=Unity of Knowing and Acting in Kant|last=Chackalackal|first=Saju|date=2002|publisher=Saju Chackalackal|isbn=9788186861516|language=en}}</ref> In this book he unearths the underlying unity between knowing and acting emerging at different periods and realms of Kant's philosophical thinking. Through his analytic and synthetic approach to the threefold critique, he highlights the [[dialectic]]s of the noesis and the noetic, the phenomenon and the metaphysics of the noumenon and the good and the beautiful. His research shows how Kant himself as warranty to this claim of absoluteness to the moral imperative in the field of free will.{{clarify |date=May 2019 |reason= This sentence does not even parse }}

Chackalackal was also instrumental in setting up [[Hindu]] [[Ethics]] collection<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globethics.net/web/cg-hindu-ethics|title=Hindu Ethics Collection {{!}} Globethics.net online libraries - Globethics.net|website=www.globethics.net|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-13}}</ref> at [[:de:Globethics.net|Globethics.net]] during his tenure as its director<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globethics.net/about-globethics.net-india|title=About us - Globethics.net|website=www.globethics.net|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-13}}</ref> in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globethics.net/news/all-news/-/asset_publisher/uK4o/content/hindu-ethics-cg-collection|title=Hindu Ethics [CG] Collection - Ethics News - Globethics.net|website=www.globethics.net|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-13}}</ref> The Hindu ethics collection was an initiative to collect and organise content on ethical philosophy of [[Hinduism]] in a coherent framework. Under the aegis of globethics.net he organized three major workshops titled "Literature and Ethics," "Economics and Ethics," "Psychology and Ethics," and "Politics and Ethics."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globethics.net/-/ethics-related-workshops-organised-by-globethics-net-india-and-the-center-for-study-of-world-religions|title=Ethics-related Workshops organised by Globethics.net India and the Center for Study of World Religions - Ethics News - Globethics.net|website=www.globethics.net|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-13}}</ref>

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