How Should One Live?
Author | : Richard A.H. King |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2011-07-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783110252897 |
ISBN-13 | : 3110252899 |
Rating | : 4/5 (899 Downloads) |
Download or read book How Should One Live? written by Richard A.H. King and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-07-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.