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The Tao encounters the West : explorations in comparative philosophy / Chenyang Li.
Van Pelt Library B127.C65 L495 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Li, Chenyang, 1956-
- Series:
- SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, Confucian.
- Philosophy.
- Philosophy, Comparative.
- East and West.
- Democracy--China.
- Democracy.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 234 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [1999]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Being: Perspective versus Substance 11
- Being as Identity 11
- The Being of the Ox 13
- Knowing What There Is 20
- Transformation of the Butterfly 27
- One-Only versus One-Many Identity 30
- Chapter 2 Truth: Confucius and Heidegger 35
- Truth as an Ontological Concept 36
- Ethical Implications 45
- Truth and Freedom 54
- Why Semantic Truth Has Been Marginalized 57
- Chapter 3 Language: Pragmatic versus Semantic 63
- Rectification of Names 63
- Rigid Designation 76
- Names as Prescriptions 85
- Chapter 4 Ethics: Confucian Jen and Feminist Care 89
- Self and Society: The Foundation of Jen and Care 90
- Jen and Care as the Central Moral Ideals 96
- Jen and Care: Ethics without General Rules 100
- Jen and Caring with Gradations 105
- How a Care Ethics Could Have Oppressed Women 108
- Chapter 5 Family: Duty versus Rights 115
- Critiques of Some Recent Theories 116
- The Confucian Perspective 127
- A Confucian Response 138
- Chapter 6 Religion: Multiple Participation versus Exclusionism 139
- The Religiousness of Chinese Religions 142
- The Difference between Three Religions 146
- Tension and Complementarity 148
- Being Taoist-Buddhist-Confucian 152
- Some Philosophical Considerations 156
- Chapter 7 Justice: Confucian Values and Democratic Values 163
- Democracy and China's Need 164
- Whether There Has Been Democracy in Traditional Chinese Culture 169
- Whether Confucianism and Democracy Are Compatible 172
- Democracy as an Independent Value System in China 180.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791441350
- 0791441369
- OCLC:
- 40105216
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