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Ethics unbound : Chinese and Western perspectives on morality /
This book closely examines texts from Chinese and Western traditions that hold up ethics as the inviolable ground of human existence, as well as those that regard ethics with suspicion. The negative notion of morality contends that because ethics cannot be divorced from questions of belonging and id...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Hong Kong] :
Chinese University Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book closely examines texts from Chinese and Western traditions that hold up ethics as the inviolable ground of human existence, as well as those that regard ethics with suspicion. The negative notion of morality contends that because ethics cannot be divorced from questions of belonging and identity, there is a danger that it can be nudged into the domain of the unethical since ethical virtues can become properties to be possessed with which the recognition of others is solicited. Ethics thus fosters the very egoism it hopes to transcend, and risks excluding the unfamiliar and the stranger. The author argues inspirationally that the unethical underbelly of ethics must be recognized in order to ensure that it remains vibrant. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 249 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-244) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789629969189 9629969181 |