by RichardKing (Editor), Dennis Schilling (Editor)
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.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Published: 01 Mar 2011
ISBN 10: 3110252872
ISBN 13: 9783110252873