Moral cultivation and Confucian character : engaging Joel J. Kupperman / edited by Chenyang Li and Peimin Ni ; contributors Roger T. Ames [and eleven others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Li, Chenyang, 1956- editor.

Ni, Peimin, editor.

Ames, Roger T., contributor.

Series:

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.

SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kupperman, Joel.

Ethics.

Character.

Confucianism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A consideration of Confucian ethics that employs the work and concerns of the eminent comparative ethicist Joel J. Kupperman.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part I. Moral Cultivation and Confucian Virtues: Engagements and Developments""; ""1. From Kupperman�s Character Ethics to Confucian Role Ethics: Putting Humpty Together Again""; ""Reinstating Family in Moral Philosophy""; ""Okin and the Importance of Family in Formulating a Theory of Justice""; ""A Confucian Critique of Okin�s Theory of Justice""; ""Kupperman and the Role of Family in Early Character Development""; ""A Confucian Critique of Kupperman�s Character Ethics""

""A Meditation on the Importance of Family in Ordinary Experience""""Roles in Marriage, Family, and Parenting""; ""Family and the Ordering of Values""; ""A Non-Exemplary Son: Immoral as Well?""; ""The Dysfunctional Family Objection""; ""The Primacy of Family in Confucian Role Ethics""; ""A Thought Experiment: On Reviving Family Reverence""; ""Confucian Role Ethics in the Confucian Project""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""2. Kongzi and Aristotle as Virtue Ethicists""; ""Introduction""; ""Why Virtue Ethics?""; ""Kongzi�s and Aristotle�s Ethical Philosophies""; ""Conclusion""

""Acknowledgments""""Notes""; ""References""; ""3. Anthropocentric Realism about Values""; ""Some Typologies""; ""The Argument from Disagreement""; ""The Case for Anthropocentric Realism""; ""The Why Question""; ""Four Inadequate Answers to the Why Question""; ""Six Adequate Answers to the Why Question""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""4. The Different Faces of Love in a Good Life""; ""Does Love Answer to Reasons?""; ""Shun�s Love for His Family""; ""Keeping the Different Faces of Love in Play""; ""Why Love Has Different Faces""; ""Love as a Virtue""

""Acknowledgments""""Notes""; ""References""; ""5. On Reflective Equanimity: A Confucian Perspective""; ""Introduction""; ""The Primacy of the Ethical""; ""Invulnerability and Contentment""; ""Acceptance""; ""Detachment in Engagement""; ""On Reflective Equanimity""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""6. Individual and Rituals""; ""Ritual""; ""Individuation""; ""The Other""; ""Correcting Rituals""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part II. Moral Cultivation and Material Well-Being""; ""7. Material Well-Being and Character Cultivation in Confucianism""; ""1""; ""2""

""Acknowledgments""""Notes""; ""References""; ""8. Materialistic Desires and Ethical Life in the Analects and the Mencius""; ""Opposition Between Materialistic/Profitable Pursuits and Ethical Life""; ""Managing Competition and Conflict Between Materialistic Desires and Ethical Desires""; ""A Bird in Hand . . . ?: Uncertain Outcome of Materialistic Pursuits""; ""Mencius�s Objections to Confucius�s Harnessing of Materialistic Desires""; ""“Most Precious and Sacred Kind of Vessel�: Reconciling Materialistic Pursuits with Ethical Life""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""References""

""9. Character and Ethics for Social Entities""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438453248

1438453248