Moral Relativism And Chinese Philosophy

Author : Yang Xiao,Yong Huang
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438450957

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A wide-ranging consideration of the work of contemporary ethicist David Wong. Original, influential, and often controversial, ethicist David Wong defends forms of moral relativism. His 1984 Moral Relativity was a study of this concept, and his 2006 Natural Moralities presented a new and sophisticated account of it. Wong’s vision is of a pluralistic moral relativism; he does not defend all forms of relativism but evaluates what moralities may be true. His singular philosophy reflects his deep knowledge of Confucian and Daoist thought. In this book, moral philosophers and scholars of Chinese thought debate ideas central to Wong’s work and Wong responds to them. The discussion ranges widely, including exploring Wong’s thought on naturalism, criteria for moralities, the principle of charity, moral authority, and the concept of community, and looking at his readings of Xunzi and Zhuangzi. Wong’s nuanced and forceful responses clarify and develop further arguments in his work. These engaging and critical exchanges between Wong and his critics illuminate not only Wong’s thought, but also contemporary ethical theory and Chinese philosophy

Author : David B. Wong
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520371835

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Moral Relativity by David B. Wong Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.

Author : Yang Xiao,Yong Huang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1461957591

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Moral Relativism and Chinese Philosophy by Yang Xiao,Yong Huang Pdf

Author : Department of Philosophy Duke University David B. Wong Professor and Chair
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198041566

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Natural Moralities : A Defense of Pluralistic Relativism by Department of Philosophy Duke University David B. Wong Professor and Chair Pdf

David B. Wong proposes that there can be a plurality of true moralities, moralities that exist across different traditions and cultures, all of which address facets of the same problem: how we are to live well together. Wong examines a wide array of positions and texts within the Western canon as well as in Chinese philosophy, and draws on philosophy, psychology, evolutionary theory, history, and literature, to make a case for the importance of pluralism in moral life, and to establish the virtues of acceptance and accommodation. Wong's point is that there is no single value or principle or ordering of values and principles that offers a uniquely true path for human living, but variations according to different contexts that carry within them a common core of human values. We should thus be modest about our own morality, learn from other approaches, and accommodate different practices in our pluralistic society.

Author : Paul Kjellberg,Philip J. Ivanhoe
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1996-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438409214

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Essays on Skepticism, Relativism, and Ethics in the Zhuangzi by Paul Kjellberg,Philip J. Ivanhoe Pdf

The Chinese philosophical text Zhuangzi, written in part by a man named Zhuangzi in late fourth century B.C.E. China, is gaining recognition as one of the classics of world literature. Writing in beautiful prose and poetry, Zhuangzi mixes humor with relentless logic in attacking claims to knowledge about the world, particularly evaluative knowledge of what is good and bad or right and wrong. His arguments seem to admit of no escape. And yet where does that leave us? Zhuangzi himself clearly does not think that our situation is utterly hopeless, since at the very least he must have some reason for thinking we are better off aware of our ignorance. This book addresses the question of how Zhuangzi manages to sustain a positive moral vision in the face of his seemingly sweeping skepticism. Zhuangzi is compared to the Greek philosophers Plato and Sextus Empiricus in order to pinpoint more exactly what he doubts and why. Also examined is Zhuangzi's views on language and the role that language plays in shaping the reality we perceive. The authors test the application of Zhuangzi's ideas to contemporary debates in critical theory and to issues in moral philosophical thought such as the establishment of equal worth and the implications of ethical relativism. They also explore the religious and spiritual dimensions of the text and clarify the relation between Zhuangzi and Buddhism.

Author : David B Wong
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199724849

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Natural Moralities by David B Wong Pdf

In this book, David B. Wong defends an ambitious and important new version of moral relativism. He does not espouse the type of relativism that says anything goes, but he does start with a relativist stance against alternative theories such that there need not be only one universal truth. Wong proposes that there can be a plurality of true moralities existing across different traditions and cultures, all with one core human question as to how we can all live together.

Author : Yong Huang
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438452920

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Why Be Moral? by Yong Huang Pdf

Yong Huang presents a new way of doing comparative philosophy as he demonstrates the resources for contemporary ethics offered by the Cheng brothers, Cheng Hao (1032–1085) and Cheng Yi (1033–1107), canonical neo-Confucian philosophers. Huang departs from the standard method of Chinese/Western comparison, which tends to interest those already interested in Chinese philosophy. While Western-oriented scholars may be excited to learn about Chinese philosophers who have said things similar to what they or their favored philosophers have to say, they hardly find anything philosophically new from such comparative work. Instead of comparing and contrasting philosophers, each chapter of this book discusses a significant topic in Western moral philosophy, examines the representative views on this topic in the Western tradition, identifies their respective difficulties, and discusses how the Cheng brothers have better things to say on the subject. Topics discussed include why one should be moral, how weakness of will is not possible, whether virtue ethics is self-centered, in what sense the political is also personal, how a moral theory can be of an antitheoretical nature, and whether moral metaphysics is still possible in this postmodern and postmetaphysical age.

Author : Yong Huang
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791477199

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Rorty, Pragmatism, and Confucianism by Yong Huang Pdf

Rorty, Pragmatism, and Confucianism offers a fascinating conversation between Confucianism, historically the dominant tradition in Chinese thought and society, and the contemporary philosophy of Richard Rorty. Well aware that his philosophical hero, John Dewey, has had a lasting influence among Chinese intellectuals, Rorty expressed a wish that his own books, which have been rapidly translated into Chinese, be read as an updated version of Dewey's philosophy. In this book, twelve authors engage Rorty's thought in a hermeneutic dialogue with Confucianism, using Confucianism to interpret and reconstruct Rorty while exploring such topics as human nature, moral psychology, moral relativism, moral progress, democracy, tradition, moral metaphysics, and religiosity. Rorty himself provides a detailed reply to each author.

Author : Mingjun Lu
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004503540

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The Metaphysics of Chinese Moral Principles by Mingjun Lu Pdf

This book seeks to construct and establish the metaphysics of Chinese morals as a formal and independent branch of learning by abstracting and systemizing the universal principles presupposed by the primal virtues and key imperatives in Daoist and Confucian ethics.

Author : Ernst Friedrich Schumacher
Publisher : Random House
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Conduct of life
ISBN : 9780099480211

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A Guide for the Perplexed by Ernst Friedrich Schumacher Pdf

This book, by the author of 'Small is Beautiful' is about the different ways in which people may see and the blindness of only seeing in one particular way. The arguments Schumacher presents are invigorating, provoking and often dramatic.

Author : Randall P. Peerenboom
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791412377

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Law and Morality in Ancient China by Randall P. Peerenboom Pdf

Huang-Lao thought, a unique and sophisticated political philosophy which combines elements of Daoism and Legalism, dominated the intellectual life of late Warring States and Early Han China, providing the ideological foundation for post-Qin reforms. In the absence of extant texts, however, scholars of classical Chinese philosophy remained in the dark about this important school for over 2000 years. Finally, in 1973, archaeologists unearthed four ancient silk scrolls: the Silk Manuscripts of Huang-Lao. This work is the first detailed, book-length treatment in English of these lost treasures.

Author : Christian Krijnen,Chung-Ying Cheng
Publisher : Verlag Traugott Bautz
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783959487979

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Philosophical Methodology in Classical Chinese and German Philosophy by Christian Krijnen,Chung-Ying Cheng Pdf

Preface: The last decade or so has seen the emergence of a fruitful cooperation between German and Chinese scholars. The relationships between classical Chinese philosophy and classical German philosophy are being scrutinized during conferences which have taken place both in Germany and China. Initially, the issues under discussion were of a doctrinal nature. A conference in Cologne in 2011 dealt with the foundations of knowledge and ethics in Chinese and European philosophy (published as Metaphysical Foundations of Knowledge and Ethics in Chinese and European Philosophy, eds. Yi Guo, Sasa Josifovic, and Asuman Lätzer-Lasar, Paderborn 2013). In 2012, Foundations of Reason and Morality in Confucianism and German Idealism were discussed at a conference in Tutzing (published as volume no. 15 in the book series World Philosophies in Dialogue, eds. Claudia Bickmann † and Michael Spieker, Nordhausen 2020). In the course of these explorations, it turned out that Chinese and German philosophy have a surprising amount of fundamental philosophical themes in common. ...

Author : Karl-Heinz Pohl,Anselm Müller
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004453548

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Chinese Ethics in a Global Context by Karl-Heinz Pohl,Anselm Müller Pdf

How do Chinese and Western ethical traditions interact today? In this collection of articles both Chinese and Western scholars carefully examine the issue, one of fundamental importance for the mutual understanding between China and the West. The volume is the result of the second symposium which focused on a dialogue between China and the West on questions of ethics, in particular concerning their commensurability and a possible common ground. The first part of the book discusses general problems of ethics in a cross-cultural context, followed by articles on ethical bases of Chinese and Western societies respectively. Further topics range from moral traditions in the context of social transformation in China today to developments in Western societies, politics, education and religion. The last part deals with controversial issues such as human rights vs. human duties and medical ethics.

Author : R. A. H. King,Dennis R. Schilling
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110252873

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How Should One Live? by R. A. H. King,Dennis R. Schilling Pdf

Chinese and Greco-Roman ethics present highly articulate views on how one should live; both of these traditions remain influential in modern philosophy. The question arises how these traditions can be compared with one another. Comparative ethics is a relatively young discipline, and this volume is a major contribution to the field. Fundamental questions about the nature of comparing ethics are treated in two introductory chapters, followed by chapters on core issues in each of the traditions : harmony, virtue, friendship, knowledge, the relation of ethics to morality, relativism. The volume closes with a number of comparative studies on emotions, being and unity, simplicity and complexity, and prediction.

Author : Bryan van Norden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139464390

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Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism in Early Chinese Philosophy by Bryan van Norden Pdf

In this book Bryan W. Van Norden examines early Confucianism as a form of virtue ethics and Mohism, an anti-Confucian movement, as a version of consequentialism. The philosophical methodology is analytic, in that the emphasis is on clear exegesis of the texts and a critical examination of the philosophical arguments proposed by each side. Van Norden shows that Confucianism, while similar to Aristotelianism in being a form of virtue ethics, offers different conceptions of 'the good life', the virtues, human nature, and ethical cultivation. Mohism is akin to Western utilitarianism in being a form of consequentialism, but distinctive in its conception of the relevant consequences and in its specific thought-experiments and state-of-nature arguments. Van Norden makes use of the best research on Chinese history, archaeology, and philology. His text is accessible to philosophers with no previous knowledge of Chinese culture and to Sinologists with no background in philosophy.