Cultivating Stillness: A Taoist Manual for Transforming Body by Eva Wong

The Bioethics of Regenerative Medicine: 102 (Philosophy and Medicine)

Regenerative drugs is wealthy with promethean offers. using human embryonic stem cells in study is justified by means of its advocates when it comes to delivers to remedy quite a lot of ailments and disabilities, from Alzheimer’s and Parkinsonism to the result of middle assaults and spinal twine accidents. extra commonly, there's the promethean attract of having the ability to revamp human organic nature by way of the targets and matters of people.

Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Philosophy: Tsongkhapa's Quest for the Middle Way (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism)

The paintings explores the ancient and highbrow context of Tsongkhapa's philosophy and addresses the severe concerns regarding questions of improvement and originality in Tsongkhapa's concept. It additionally offers generally with one in every of Tsongkhapa's fundamental issues, specifically his makes an attempt to illustrate that the center method philosophy's deconstructive research doesn't negate the truth of the typical international.

Cultivating Personhood: Kant and Asian Philosophy

Authors from around the globe unite to be able to domesticate discussion among Asian and Western philosophy. The papers forge a brand new, East-West comparative course most often variety of concerns in Kant reviews. the idea that of personhood, the most important for either traditions, serves as a springboard to handle matters reminiscent of wisdom acquisition and schooling, ethics and self-identity, religious/political neighborhood construction, and cross-cultural realizing.

Polyphony Embodied - Freedom and Fate in Gao Xingjian’s Writings (Chinese-Western Discourse)

Like artists, very important writers defy unequivocal interpretations. Gao Xingjian, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, is a worldly author, deeply rooted within the chinese language prior whereas prompted by means of paragons of Western modernity. the current quantity brings jointly for the 1st time a set of essays at the issues of freedom and destiny within the inventive works of Gao Xingjian.