The Tao Encounters the West: Explorations in Comparative PhilosophySUNY Press, 1 בינו׳ 1999 - 234 עמודים The relation between liberal democracy and Confucianism is explored by author Chenyang Li as he argues for a Chinese future where both coexist as independent value systems. This relationship is shown through a comparative study of Chinese and Western ideas and philosophies of being, truth, language, ethics, religion, and values. The book covers a wide range of philosophers and philosophies, including Aristotle, Zhuang Zi, Heidegger, Confucius, Kripke, and feminist care ethics. Li shows how a comparative approach to different patterns of thinking in Chinese and Western traditions sheds light on the intelligibility of Chinese multiple ethico-religious practice, which in turn supports the claim that democracy and Confucianism can coexist as independent value systems. In addition, Li's comparative study of different patterns of thinking in Chinese and Western traditions sheds light on the "harmony" model of Chinese philosophy and culture. |
תוכן
Introduction | 1 |
Being Perspective versus Substance | 11 |
The Being of the Ox | 13 |
Knowing What There Is | 20 |
Transformation of the Butterfly | 27 |
OneOnly versus OneMany Identity | 30 |
Truth Confucius and Heidegger | 35 |
Truth as an Ontological Concept | 36 |
Family Duty versus Rights | 113 |
Critiques of Some Recent Theories | 114 |
The Confucian Perspective | 125 |
A Confucian Response | 136 |
Religion Multiple Participation versus Exclusionism | 137 |
The Religiousness of Chinese Religions | 140 |
The Difference between Three Religions | 144 |
Tension and Complementarity | 146 |
Ethical Implications | 45 |
Truth and Freedom | 52 |
Why Semantic Truth Has Been Marginalized | 55 |
Language Pragmatic versus Semantic | 61 |
Rigid Designation | 74 |
Names as Prescriptions | 83 |
Ethics Confucian Jen and Feminist Care | 87 |
Jen and Care as the Central Moral Ideals | 94 |
Ethics without General Rules | 98 |
Jen and Caring with Gradations | 103 |
How a Care Ethics Could Have Oppressed Women | 106 |
Being TaoistBuddhistConfucian | 150 |
Some Philosophical Considerations | 154 |
Justice Confucian Values and Democratic Values | 161 |
Whether There Has Been Democracy in Traditional Chinese Culture | 167 |
Whether Confucianism and Democracy Are Compatible | 170 |
Democracy as an Independent Value System in China | 178 |
Concluding Remarks | 189 |
Notes | 191 |
Bibliography | 215 |
Index | 227 |
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The Tao Encounters the West: Explorations in Comparative Philosophy <span dir=ltr>Chenyang Li</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 1999 |
The Tao Encounters the West: Explorations in Comparative Philosophy <span dir=ltr>Chenyang Li</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 1999 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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