| Confucian Ethics: A Comparative Study of Self, Autonomy, and Community Contributor(s): Shun, Kwong-Loi (Editor), Wong, David B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521796571 ISBN-13: 9780521796576 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $41.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: The Chinese ethical tradition has often been thought to oppose Western views of the self--as autonomous and possessed of individual rights--with views that emphasize the centrality of relationship and community to the self. The essays in this collection discuss the validity of that contrast as it concerns Confucianism, the single most influential Chinese school of thought. (Alasdair MacIntyre, who has significantly articulated the need for dialogue across traditions, contributes a concluding essay of commentary.) |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | Eastern - Religion | Confucianism |
| Dewey: 170.951 |
| LCCN: 2004040409 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.98" W x 8.94" (0.73 lbs) 228 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Shun, Kwong-Loi: - Kwong-loi Shun is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.Wong, David B.: - David B. Wong is Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. |