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Varieties of Ethical Reflection: New Directions for Ethics in a Global Context
Michael Barnhart (Ed.)
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Varieties of Ethical Reflection brings together new cultural and religious perspectives-drawn from non-Western, primarily Asian, philosophical sources-to globalize the contemporary discussion of theoretical and applied ethics. The work pushes ethics beyond a Western philosophical tradition tending toward universalism to infuse and broaden modern ethical theory with relativistic Asian ethical principles. The contributors introduce multicultural concepts and ideas from the Chinese Taoist, Confucian and Neo-Confucian, Indian and East Asian Buddhist, and Hindu traditions, focusing on such areas of moral controversy as the clash between women's rights and culture; universal human rights; abortion and euthanasia in a non-Western setting; and the ... Read more
Varieties of Ethical Reflection brings together new cultural and religious perspectives-drawn from non-Western, primarily Asian, philosophical sources-to globalize the contemporary discussion of theoretical and applied ethics. The work pushes ethics beyond a Western philosophical tradition tending toward universalism to infuse and broaden modern ethical theory with relativistic Asian ethical principles. The contributors introduce multicultural concepts and ideas from the Chinese Taoist, Confucian and Neo-Confucian, Indian and East Asian Buddhist, and Hindu traditions, focusing on such areas of moral controversy as the clash between women's rights and culture; universal human rights; abortion and euthanasia in a non-Western setting; and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Series
Studies in Comparative Philosophy and Religion
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739104439
SKU
V9780739104439
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About Michael Barnhart (Ed.)
Michael Barnhart is Associate Professor of Philosophy at CUNY-Kingsborough Community College.
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