By R.A.H. King
Chinese and Greek ethics stay influential in smooth philosophy, but it's doubtful how they are often in comparison to each other. This quantity, following its predecssor 'How should still one live?' (DeGruyter 2011), is a contribution to comparative ethics, loosely headquartered at the suggestions of existence and the nice lifestyles. tools of evaluating ethics are handled in 3 introductory chapters (R.A.H.King, Ralph Weber, G.E.R. Lloyd), through chapters on center concerns in all the traditions: human nature (David Wong, Guo Yi), ghosts (Paul Goldin), happiness (Christoph Harbsmeier), excitement (Michael Nylan), qi (Elisabeth Hsu & Zhang Ruqing), cosmic lifestyles and person existence (Dennis Schilling), the concept that of brain (William Charlton), wisdom and happiness (Jörg Hardy), filial piety (Richard Stalley), the soul (Hua-kuei Ho), and deliberation (Thomas Buchheim). the amount closes with 3 essays compared - Mencius and the Stoics (R.A.H. King), equanimity (Lee Yearley), autonomy and the great existence (Lisa Raphals). An index locorum every one for chinese language and Greco-Roman authors, and a basic index entire the volume.
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