Creating a global dialogue on value inquiry
Subtitle: papers from the XXII Congress of Philosophy (rethinking philosophy today)
By: edited by Jinfen Yan and David Schrader ; with a preface by Thomas Powers.
Contributors: Yan, Jinfen, 1948-; Schrader, David E., 1947-; International Society for Value Inquiry.
Series: Hors serie
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780773447028
Subjects: Values -- Congresses; Ethics -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Thomas Powers; title: Forward / James Taylor; title: Value theory and ethics : an introductory perspective / Jinfen Yan and David E. Schrader; title: Ethical objectivity; title: Objectivity in ethics / David E. Schrader; title: Rethinking philosophers' responsibility / Lydia B. Amir; title: Historical understanding and historical appraisal / Huang Kaifeng; title: The present world and global problems; title: Ethical approaches to global poverty / G. John M. Abbarno; title: Environmental stewardship and moral choice : objectivity and tradition reconsidered / Ruth Miller Lucier; title: Globalization and views on value of East Asia / Sun Weiping; title: The "moral incline" in the process of Chinese social transition / Chen Xinhan; title: What is peace? :  it's value and necessity / Hortensia Cuellar; title: Clashing of ends : foundational values; title: Happiness, harmony, wisdom and elegance : a perspective of contemporary eudemonism / Jiang Chang; title: The Dao/way of value : practical wisdom and moral autonomy / Jinfen Yan; title: The transvaluation of values in Heidegger, Jaspers and Sartre : finitude homelessness and guilt / Pio Colonnello; title: Negritude meets Daoism : can Yin-Yang rescue Senghor? / Zekeh S. Gbotokuma; title: Dao legislates for humans vs. humans legislate for themselves : a comparison of Laozi's and Confucius' conceptions of Dao / Deron Chen; title: The value of gender, family and education; title: Rethinking the origin : birth and human value / Stella Villarmea; title: The value of the person : the value of the family / Corazon T. Toralba; title: African philosophy of sex and the HIV/AIDS epidemic / Workineh Kelbessa; title: Value and education in times of barbarism / Katia Mendonca; title: The value of poetry : rhetoric and narratives; title: Philosophy on poetry, philosophy in poetry / Robin Attfield; title: Beauty/li and reason/li : philosophical ideas in the epic by a song-Jin woman /Jinfen yan.