Learning from Asian philosophy / Joel J. Kupperman.

By:

Kupperman, Joel

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 208 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0585351066
9780585351063
9780198029410
0198029411
0195128311
9780195128314

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Learning from Asian philosophy.DDC classification:

181 21

LOC classification:

B121 .K86 1999eb

Other classification:

08.10

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Contents:

The formation of self as an ethical problem -- The fluidity of self -- Choice -- The scope of ethics -- The demands of ethics -- Philosophy as communication.

Summary: Showing how philosophical topics can benefit from interaction with Asian philosophy, this text explores: the formation of the self as an ethical problem; the fluidity of the self; the ethical nature of choice; the scope and demands of ethics.Summary: Kupperman shows how six important philosophical topics of current interest can benefit from interaction with Asian philosophy. The topics are: the formation of the self as an ethical problem, the fluidity of the self, the ethcial nature of choice, the scope of ethics, the demands of ethics, and the nature of philosophy as an enterprise. For each of these topics he introduces the relevant Asian sources and shows how new consideration of them can enrich oru understanding of the very range and scope of ethical concern, and enhance our own ability to describe and account for importnat features of human life. In so doing, he builds a bridge acrss two important disciplines.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index.

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The formation of self as an ethical problem -- The fluidity of self -- Choice -- The scope of ethics -- The demands of ethics -- Philosophy as communication.

Showing how philosophical topics can benefit from interaction with Asian philosophy, this text explores: the formation of the self as an ethical problem; the fluidity of the self; the ethical nature of choice; the scope and demands of ethics.

Kupperman shows how six important philosophical topics of current interest can benefit from interaction with Asian philosophy. The topics are: the formation of the self as an ethical problem, the fluidity of the self, the ethcial nature of choice, the scope of ethics, the demands of ethics, and the nature of philosophy as an enterprise. For each of these topics he introduces the relevant Asian sources and shows how new consideration of them can enrich oru understanding of the very range and scope of ethical concern, and enhance our own ability to describe and account for importnat features of human life. In so doing, he builds a bridge acrss two important disciplines.

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