Moral vision and tradition : essays in Chinese ethics / A.S. Cua.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cua, A. S. (Antonio S.), 1932-2007.

Series:

Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 31

Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy Moral vision and tradition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics--China.

Ethics.

Philosophy, Confucian.

Philosophy, Chinese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 357 p. )

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This volume offers a comprehensive philosophical study of Confucian ethics - its basic insights and its relevance to contemporary Western moral philosophy. Writer and philosopher A. S. Cua presents fourteen essays which deal with various problems arising in the philosophical explication of the nature of Chinese ethical thought." "Offering a unique analytical approach, Cua focuses on the conceptual and dialectical aspects of Confucian ethics. Among the topics discussed are: the nature and significance of the Chinese Confucian moral vision of tao; the complementary insights of Classical Taoism, namely, of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu; and the logical and rhetorical aspects of Confucian ethics." "Perhaps more relevant to contemporary East-West ethical discourse, several essays introduce a systematic Confucian moral philosophy. Cua concludes with a discussion of the possibility of reasoned discourse, aiming at a resolution of intercultural ethical conflict."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Reasonable action and Confucian argumentation

Confucian vision and experience of the world

Forgetting morality: reflections on a theme in Chuang tzu

Chinese moral vision, responsive agency, and factual beliefs

Opposites as complements: reflections on the significance of Tao

Morality and human nature

Harmony and the Neo-Confucian sage

Competence, concern, and the role of the paradigmatic individuals (Chün tzu) in moral education

Between commitment and realization: Wang Yang- ming's vision of the universe as a moral community

The possibility of a Confucian theory of rhetoric

A Confucian perspective on self-deception - - The Confucian tradition (Tao-t'ung)

Basic concepts of Confucian ethics

Principles of preconditions of adjudication.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-345) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9780813210636

0813210631