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Moral cultivation and Confucian character : engaging Joel J. Kupperman / edited by Chenyang Li and Peimin Ni.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culturePublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9781438453248
  • 1438453248
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Moral cultivation and Confucian characterDDC classification:
  • 170 23
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  • BJ1521 .M765 2014eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Notes; References; Part I. Moral Cultivation and Confucian Virtues: Engagements and Developments; 1. From Kupperman's Character Ethics to Confucian Role Ethics: Putting Humpty Together Again; Reinstating Family in Moral Philosophy; Okin and the Importance of Family in Formulating a Theory of Justice; A Confucian Critique of Okin's Theory of Justice; Kupperman and the Role of Family in Early Character Development; A Confucian Critique of Kupperman's Character Ethics; A Meditation on the Importance of Family in Ordinary Experience.
Roles in Marriage, Family, and ParentingFamily and the Ordering of Values; A Non-Exemplary Son: Immoral as Well?; The Dysfunctional Family Objection; The Primacy of Family in Confucian Role Ethics; A Thought Experiment: On Reviving Family Reverence; Confucian Role Ethics in the Confucian Project; Notes; References; 2. Kongzi and Aristotle as Virtue Ethicists; Introduction; Why Virtue Ethics?; Kongzi's and Aristotle's Ethical Philosophies; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 3. Anthropocentric Realism about Values; Some Typologies; The Argument from Disagreement.
The Case for Anthropocentric RealismThe Why Question; Four Inadequate Answers to the Why Question; Six Adequate Answers to the Why Question; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 4. The Different Faces of Love in a Good Life; Does Love Answer to Reasons?; Shun's Love for His Family; Keeping the Different Faces of Love in Play; Why Love Has Different Faces; Love as a Virtue; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 5. On Reflective Equanimity: A Confucian Perspective; Introduction; The Primacy of the Ethical; Invulnerability and Contentment; Acceptance; Detachment in Engagement.
On Reflective EquanimityAcknowledgments; Notes; References; 6. Individual and Rituals; Ritual; Individuation; The Other; Correcting Rituals; Notes; References; Part II. Moral Cultivation and Material Well-Being; 7. Material Well-Being and Character Cultivation in Confucianism; 1; 2; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 8. Materialistic Desires and Ethical Life in the Analects and the Mencius; Opposition Between Materialistic/Profitable Pursuits and Ethical Life; Managing Competition and Conflict Between Materialistic Desires and Ethical Desires.
A Bird in Hand ...?: Uncertain Outcome of Materialistic PursuitsMencius's Objections to Confucius's Harnessing of Materialistic Desires; "Most Precious and Sacred Kind of Vessel": Reconciling Materialistic Pursuits with Ethical Life; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 9. Character and Ethics for Social Entities; The Discrepancy Between Ethics for Individuals and Ethics for Social Entities; Group Self; What Does It Mean for a Social Entity to Have Character?; Transforming Power of Role Models; Acknowledgment; Notes; References.
Summary: A consideration of Confucian ethics that employs the work and concerns of the eminent comparative ethicist Joel J. Kupperman. In this volume, leading scholars in Asian and comparative philosophy take the work of Joel J. Kupperman as a point of departure to consider new perspectives on Confucian ethics. Kupperman is one of the few eminent Western philosophers to have integrated Asian philosophical traditions into his thought, developing a character-based ethics synthesizing Western, Chinese, and Indian philosophies. With their focus on Confucian ethics, contributors respond, expand, and engage in critical dialogue with Kupperman's views. Kupperman joins the conversation with responses and comments that conclude the volume.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Notes; References; Part I. Moral Cultivation and Confucian Virtues: Engagements and Developments; 1. From Kupperman's Character Ethics to Confucian Role Ethics: Putting Humpty Together Again; Reinstating Family in Moral Philosophy; Okin and the Importance of Family in Formulating a Theory of Justice; A Confucian Critique of Okin's Theory of Justice; Kupperman and the Role of Family in Early Character Development; A Confucian Critique of Kupperman's Character Ethics; A Meditation on the Importance of Family in Ordinary Experience.

Roles in Marriage, Family, and ParentingFamily and the Ordering of Values; A Non-Exemplary Son: Immoral as Well?; The Dysfunctional Family Objection; The Primacy of Family in Confucian Role Ethics; A Thought Experiment: On Reviving Family Reverence; Confucian Role Ethics in the Confucian Project; Notes; References; 2. Kongzi and Aristotle as Virtue Ethicists; Introduction; Why Virtue Ethics?; Kongzi's and Aristotle's Ethical Philosophies; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 3. Anthropocentric Realism about Values; Some Typologies; The Argument from Disagreement.

The Case for Anthropocentric RealismThe Why Question; Four Inadequate Answers to the Why Question; Six Adequate Answers to the Why Question; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 4. The Different Faces of Love in a Good Life; Does Love Answer to Reasons?; Shun's Love for His Family; Keeping the Different Faces of Love in Play; Why Love Has Different Faces; Love as a Virtue; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 5. On Reflective Equanimity: A Confucian Perspective; Introduction; The Primacy of the Ethical; Invulnerability and Contentment; Acceptance; Detachment in Engagement.

On Reflective EquanimityAcknowledgments; Notes; References; 6. Individual and Rituals; Ritual; Individuation; The Other; Correcting Rituals; Notes; References; Part II. Moral Cultivation and Material Well-Being; 7. Material Well-Being and Character Cultivation in Confucianism; 1; 2; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 8. Materialistic Desires and Ethical Life in the Analects and the Mencius; Opposition Between Materialistic/Profitable Pursuits and Ethical Life; Managing Competition and Conflict Between Materialistic Desires and Ethical Desires.

A Bird in Hand ...?: Uncertain Outcome of Materialistic PursuitsMencius's Objections to Confucius's Harnessing of Materialistic Desires; "Most Precious and Sacred Kind of Vessel": Reconciling Materialistic Pursuits with Ethical Life; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 9. Character and Ethics for Social Entities; The Discrepancy Between Ethics for Individuals and Ethics for Social Entities; Group Self; What Does It Mean for a Social Entity to Have Character?; Transforming Power of Role Models; Acknowledgment; Notes; References.

A consideration of Confucian ethics that employs the work and concerns of the eminent comparative ethicist Joel J. Kupperman. In this volume, leading scholars in Asian and comparative philosophy take the work of Joel J. Kupperman as a point of departure to consider new perspectives on Confucian ethics. Kupperman is one of the few eminent Western philosophers to have integrated Asian philosophical traditions into his thought, developing a character-based ethics synthesizing Western, Chinese, and Indian philosophies. With their focus on Confucian ethics, contributors respond, expand, and engage in critical dialogue with Kupperman's views. Kupperman joins the conversation with responses and comments that conclude the volume.