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The Moral Circle and the Self. Chinese and Western Perspectives.
Chong, Kim-Chong; Ten, C. L.
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Paperback. If ethics encompasses not just a concern for self and family but also for a wider circle of others, what resources do Chinese and Western ethics offer to motivate and guide this expansion of concern? This question is the theme uniting these essays by leading Chinese and Western philosophers. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPDF; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 449.
If ethics encompasses not just a concern for self and family but also for a wider circle of others, what resources do Chinese and Western ethics offer to motivate and guide this expansion of concern? This question is the theme uniting all these essays by leading Chinese and Western philosophers.
Topics discussed include: the Confician emphasis on hierarchy; the motivational basis driving concern for others; how Descartes and Mencius analyzed pity and compassion, how personal identities are formed in Chinese and Western cultures, the possibility of a Confucian civil society, and children’s rights.
If ethics encompasses not just a concern for self and family but also for a wider circle of others, what resources do Chinese and Western ethics offer to motivate and guide this expansion of concern? This question is the theme uniting all these essays by leading Chinese and Western philosophers.
Topics discussed include: the Confician emphasis on hierarchy; the motivational basis driving concern for others; how Descartes and Mencius analyzed pity and compassion, how personal identities are formed in Chinese and Western cultures, the possibility of a Confucian civil society, and children’s rights.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL, United States
ISBN
9780812695359
SKU
V9780812695359
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"If ethics encompasses not just a concern for self and family but also for a wider circle of others, what resources do Chinese and Western ethics offer to motivate and guide this expansion of concern? This question is the theme uniting these essays by leading Chinese and Western philosophers.