Fourth Idea - Comprehensive Macro Research on Some Issues in Western Ethics: Comprehensive Macro Research on Some Issues in Western Ethics

Author: Yang Fang
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: When historical research reaches a certain depth, reflection on research methodology enters the academic field. Researchers often ask themselves: What approach is most suitable? The answer to this question depends on various factors, including the current state of their discipline, their own academic capabilities, and the research topic they choose. The results achieved by different approaches all hold academic value, but the academic value of these results varies. Therefore, an ambitious researcher must treat the choice of approach as a preliminary academic question with careful consideration. This book is the final outcome of the National Philosophy and Social Sciences Fund Project, "The Fourth Approach—Macro-comprehensive Research on Several Issues in Western Ethics." The author adopts the fourth approach—macro-comprehensive research, differing from case studies, comparative studies (mainly element-comparative studies), and historical research—to conduct an in-depth and systematic exploration of several issues in Western ethics. This includes the scope of Western ethics, historical periods, formal characteristics, fundamental spirit, research perspectives and examination perspectives, main types, important schools, the perspective that contemporary Chinese ethics should adopt in accepting Western ethics, the inspiration Western ethics provides for the construction of contemporary Chinese ethical culture, and the research on Western ethics by 20th-century Chinese scholars. The book elaborates on some noteworthy viewpoints.