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Embracing our complexity : Thomas Aquinas and Zhu Xi on power and the common good /
This book discusses what a religiously grounded authority might look like from the viewpoints of the European Catholic Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) and the Chinese Neo-Confucian Zhu Xi (1130-1200). The consideration of these two figures, immensely influential in their respective traditions, reflects t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; Tensions Timeless and Contemporary; Introduction to Zhu Xi and Thomas Aquinas; Zhu Xi; Thomas Aquinas; Thomas and Zhu in Conversation; Methodology; Chapter Outline; The Wider Context; Conclusion; Chapter 1 An Objectively Moral Universe; What's Your Proof? Limitations of the Scientific Model; A Different Way of Thinking: The Mind of Faith; Thomas Aquinas-Faith Informed by Reason, Reason Informed by Faith; Zhu Xi-An Intellectually Rigorous Faith; Thomas and Zhu in Conversation; An Ontological Morality; Zhu Xi's Ontology; Thomas Aquinas's Ontology.
- ConclusionChapter 2 Intelligent Agents with Moral Potential; Self-Interested Actors and Selfless Comrades; Intelligent Agents with Moral Potential; Zhu Xi's Human Being: In Need of Communal Assistance; Thomas Aquinas's Human Being: In Need of Grace; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Roles, Rituals, and Habits: The Proper Development of the Human Being; Roles; Social Roles and the Human Person; Cosmic Roles and the Human Person; A Methodological Issue; Development of the Self; Zhu Xi and Socialization; Thomas Aquinas and the Virtues; Fulfilling the Role; Zhu Xi: Assisting the Universe.
- Thomas Aquinas: Bringing About the Good of AllConclusion; Chapter 4 Exercising Authority; The Government and the Common Good; Sacred Calling for Human Beings in General to Exercise Authority; Zhu Xi: The Human Endowment; Thomas Aquinas: The Power of Reason and Intellect; The Exercise of Authority by Particular Individuals Within the Human Community; Zhu Xi and the Need for Social Hierarchy; Thomas Aquinas and the Need for a Ruler; Qualifications for Leadership; Zhu Xi: The Moral Model; Thomas Aquinas: Prudent Lawmaker; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Limiting Authority.
- The Contemporary Distaste for HumilityZhu Xi and Thomas Aquinas on Humility; Zhu Xi: A Virtue or Not?; Thomas Aquinas: Definitely a Virtue; Humility Grounded in Finite Nature and Knowledge; Zhu Xi and the Way; Thomas Aquinas and God; Humility in Community; Zhu Xi and Social Inferiors; Thomas Aquinas and Revelation; Humility and Authority; Zhu Xi and the "Mere Fellow"; Thomas Aquinas and the Tyrant; Conclusion; Conclusion: The Virtue of Humble Authority; Dealing with Reality; Engaging with Diversity, Engaging with Paradox: The Virtue of Humble Authority; The Complexities of Life.
- The Desire for SimplicityLessons for the Contemporary World; Facing the Truth(s); Defending Cultural Comparison; Message for a Pluralistic Society; Humble Authority in Action; Justice, Love, and Wonder; Do We Really Need Religious Belief?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.