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1 online resource (360 pages) |
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SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture |
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SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
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| Contents |
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Possibility of Comparative Philosophy -- 3. How to Do Comparative Philosophy -- 4. The Neo-Confucian Cheng Brothers -- 5. Looking Ahead -- 6. Conclusion -- Chapter 1: Joy (le æ??): “Why Be Moral?â€? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Question of “Why Be Moral?â€? -- 3. Representative Answers in Western Philosophy and Their Inadequacies -- 4. The Chengsâ€? Neo-Confucian Answer: Joy in Being Moral -- 5. Joy and Knowledge -- 6. To Be Moral and to Be Human -- 7. Conclusion |
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3. Knowledge and Action: Why Is Weakness of the Will Not Possible? 4. Knowledge of/as Virtue versus Knowledge from Hearingand Seeing: How Is Weakness of the Will Not Possible? -- 5. Cheng Brothers versus Socrates and Aristotle -- 6. Absence of Weakness of the Will and the Presence of Moral Responsibility -- 7. Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Love (ai æ??): Ethics between Theory and Antitheory -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Ethics of Commonality and Its Problem -- 3. Love with Distinction -- 4. Extension of Love -- 5. Training of Emotions -- 6. Conclusion |
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Chapter 5: Propriety (li ç?®): Why the Political Is Also Personal1. Introduction -- 2. The Political/Personal Division in the Liberal Traditionand Its Problems -- 3. The Possibility of a Confucian Political Philosophy -- 4. Propriety as External Rules -- 5. Propriety as Inner Feelings -- 6. Propriety as Human Nature -- 7. Defending the Neo-Confucian Conception of Propriety as a Political Philosophy -- 8. Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Creativity (li ç??): The Metaphysic of Morals or Moral Metaphysics? -- 1. Introduction |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cheng, Yi, 1033-1107
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Cheng, Hao, 1032-1085.
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| SUBJECT |
Cheng, Hao, 1032-1085 fast |
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Cheng, Yi, 1033-1107 fast |
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Ethics -- China.
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Neo-Confucianism.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Social.
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Ethics
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Neo-Confucianism
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China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781438452920 |
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1438452926 |
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1438452918 |
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9781438452913 |
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