Comparing Ethics in Ancient China and Greco-Roman Antiquity
Buch, Englisch, 343 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 742 g
ISBN: 978-3-11-025287-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Chinese and Greco-Roman ethics present highly articulate views on how one should live; both of these traditions remain influential in modern philosophy. The question arises how these traditions can be compared with one another. Comparative ethics is a relatively young discipline, and this volume is a major contribution to the field. Fundamental questions about the nature of comparing ethics are treated in two introductory chapters, followed by chapters on core issues in each of the traditions : harmony, virtue, friendship, knowledge, the relation of ethics to morality, relativism. The volume closes with a number of comparative studies on emotions, being and unity, simplicity and complexity, and prediction.
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