Selected Writings of a Philosophy PhD from the US (Volume on Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy)

Author: Mou Bo (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: This volume compiles 13 research papers in the field of comparative studies between Chinese and Western philosophy. Most of the authors are philosophy PhDs and scholars engaged in teaching and research in philosophy in North America or China. The selected essays in this volume are divided into four parts based on the nature of the topics:
Part 1 includes 5 articles that discuss general approaches to understanding the world from the perspectives of metaphysics, the relationship between language and thought, and logic.
Part 2 features 4 articles that explore general theoretical issues of virtue ethics through a comparative study of the Confucian tradition of virtue ethics and the Western tradition of ethics.
Part 3 contains 2 articles that discuss the relationship between the Confucian ethical tradition and bioethics.
Part 4 includes 2 articles that examine the philosophical aspects of the relationships among members of human society.