Learning from Asian philosophy / Joel J. Kupperman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kupperman, Joel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Asian.

Philosophy, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii,208p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Showing how philosophical topics can benefit from interaction with Asian philosophy, this text explores: the formation of the self as an ethical problem; the fluidity of the self; the ethical nature of choice; the scope and demands of ethics.

Kupperman shows how six important philosophical topics of current interest can benefit from interaction with Asian philosophy. The topics are: the formation of the self as an ethical problem, the fluidity of the self, the ethcial nature of choice, the scope of ethics, the demands of ethics, and the nature of philosophy as an enterprise. For each of these topics he introduces the relevant Asian sources and shows how new consideration of them can enrich oru understanding of the very range and scope of ethical concern, and enhance our own ability to describe and account for importnat features of human life. In so doing, he builds a bridge acrss two important disciplines.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

PART I: The Formation of Self as an Ethical Problem

1. The Psychology and Ethics of Self

2. Confucius and the Problem of Naturalness

3. Tradition and Community in the Formation of Self

4. The Formation of Self: Afterword

PART II: The Fluidity of Self

5. Debates over the Self

6. Falsity, Psychic Indefiniteness, and Self-Knowledge

7. Spontaneity and Education of the Emotions in the Zhuangzi

8. Fluidity and Character: Afterword

PART III: Choice

9. Choice and Possibility

10. Confucius, Mencius, Hume, and Kant on Reason and Choice

11. Reason and Choice: Afterword

PART IV: The Scope of Ethics

12. The Compartmentalization of Western Ethics

13. Tradition and Moral Progress

14. The Emotions of Altruism, East and West

15. Varieties of Ethical Judgment: Afterword

PART V: The Demands of Ethics

16. Expecting More of Some People

17. Confucius and the Nature of Religious Ethics

18. The Supra-Moral in Religious Ethics: The Case of Buddhism

19. The Elective "Ought": Afterword

PART VI: Philosphy as Communication

20. Philosophy and Enlightenment

21. Not in So Many Words: Zhuangzi's Strategies of Communication

22. Philosophy as Psychic Change: Afterword

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-203) and index.

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ISBN:

0-585-35106-6

1-280-47207-3

0-19-802941-1

1-60256-662-3

OCLC:

935260658