Human Becomings: Theorizing Persons for Confucian Role Ethics

Author:   Roger T. Ames
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9781438480794


Pages:   446
Publication Date:   01 December 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Roger T. Ames
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438480794


ISBN 10:   1438480792
Pages:   446
Publication Date:   01 December 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"Preface Introduction 1. The Question of Which Questions to Ask 2. How Do the Confucian Canons Say ""Role Ethics""? 3. A Narrative Conception of Human Nature 4. Holography and the Focus-Field Conception of Persons 5. Relational Autonomy and Thick Choices 6. Holism, Democracy, and the Optimizing of the Human Experience 7. From Human ""Becomings"" to a Process Cosmology Epilogue: Why Theorize Confucian Persons for a Changing World Cultural Order? Bibliography Index"

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Rich in concepts, ideas, and references from both the Eastern and Western traditions, this volume is sure to have an enormous impact on the field ... Highly recommended. - CHOICE


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Roger T. Ames is Humanities Chair Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Peking University and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Hawai'i. His many books include Confucian Role Ethics: A Vocabulary; Confucian Cultures of Authority (coedited with Peter D. Hershock); and Xu Bing and Contemporary Chinese Art: Cultural and Philosophical Reflections (coedited with Hsingyuan Tsao), all published by SUNY Press.

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