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Why be moral? : learning from the neo-Confucian Cheng Brothers /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Huang, Yong (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2014.
Colección:SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Possibility of Comparative Philosophy
  • 3. How to Do Comparative Philosophy
  • 4. The Neo-Confucian Cheng Brothers
  • 5. Looking Ahead
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Chapter 1: Joy (le æ??): “Why Be Moral?â€?
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Question of “Why Be Moral?â€?
  • 3. Representative Answers in Western Philosophy and Their Inadequacies
  • 4. The Chengsâ€? Neo-Confucian Answer: Joy in Being Moral
  • 5. Joy and Knowledge
  • 6. To Be Moral and to Be Human
  • 7. Conclusion
  • 3. Knowledge and Action: Why Is Weakness of the Will Not Possible? 4. Knowledge of/as Virtue versus Knowledge from Hearingand Seeing: How Is Weakness of the Will Not Possible?
  • 5. Cheng Brothers versus Socrates and Aristotle
  • 6. Absence of Weakness of the Will and the Presence of Moral Responsibility
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Chapter 4 Love (ai æ??): Ethics between Theory and Antitheory
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Ethics of Commonality and Its Problem
  • 3. Love with Distinction
  • 4. Extension of Love
  • 5. Training of Emotions
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Chapter 5: Propriety (li ç?®): Why the Political Is Also Personal1. Introduction
  • 2. The Political/Personal Division in the Liberal Traditionand Its Problems
  • 3. The Possibility of a Confucian Political Philosophy
  • 4. Propriety as External Rules
  • 5. Propriety as Inner Feelings
  • 6. Propriety as Human Nature
  • 7. Defending the Neo-Confucian Conception of Propriety as a Political Philosophy
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Chapter 6: Creativity (li ç??): The Metaphysic of Morals or Moral Metaphysics?
  • 1. Introduction