Taking Confucian ethics seriously
Subtitle: contemporary theories and applications
By: edited by Kam-por Yu, Julia Tao, and Philip J. Ivanhoe.
Contributors: Yu, Kam-por, 1957-; Tao, Julia Lai Po-Wah, 1946-; Ivanhoe, P. J.
Series: Suny series in chinese philosophy and culture
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9781438433158
Subjects: Confucian ethics
Description: This thought-provoking work presents Confucianism as a living ethical tradition with contemporary relevance. While acknowledged as one of the world's most influential philosophies, Confucianism's significance is too often consigned to a historical or solely East Asian context. Discussing both the strengths and weaknesses of Confucian ethics, the volume's contributors reflect on what this tradition offers that we cannot readily learn from other systems of ethics. Developing Confucian ethical of ideas within a contemporary context, this work discusses the nature of virtue, the distinction between public and private, the value of spontaneity, the place of sympathy in moral judgment, what it means to be humane, how to handle competing values, and the relationship between trust and democracy. for all those concerned with ethics, this book offers both new perspectives and resources for the ongoing consideration of how we should live. --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: why take confucian ethics seriously? / Kam-por Yu, Julia Tao, Philip J. Ivanhoe; title: What it means to take chinese ethics seriously / Heiner Roetz; title: The handling of multiple values in confucian ethics / Kam-por Yu; title: Humanity or benevolence? the interpretation of confucian ren and its modern implications / Qianfan Zhang; title: East asian conceptions of the public and private realms / Chun-chieh Huang; title: Trust within democracy: a reconstructed confucian perspective / Julia Tao; title: A defense of ren-based interpretation of early confucian ethics / Shirong Luo; title: Is sympathy naive?: dai zhen on the use of shu to track well-being / Justin Tiwald; title: The nature of virtues in light of the early confucian tradition / Eirik L. Harris; title: The values of spontaneity / Philip J. Ivanhoe.