Varieties of Ethical Reflection: New Directions for Ethics in a Global ContextMichael Barnhart Lexington Books, 2002 - 347 pagini Varieties of Ethical Reflection brings together new cultural and religious perspectives--drawn from non-Western, primarily Asian, philosophical sources--to globalize the contemporary discussion of theoretical and applied ethics. The work pushes ethics beyond a Western philosophical tradition tending toward universalism to infuse and broaden modern ethical theory with relativistic Asian ethical principles. The contributors introduce multicultural concepts and ideas from the Chinese Taoist, Confucian and Neo-Confucian, Indian and East Asian Buddhist, and Hindu traditions, focusing on such areas of moral controversy as the clash between women's rights and culture; universal human rights; abortion and euthanasia in a non-Western setting; and the standardization of medical practice across cultures. |
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... course in so doing , the question of what con- stitutes an ethical theory must also be confronted . Each of the chapters in Part One directly confront this issue through a comparative evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the ...
... course in so doing , the question of what con- stitutes an ethical theory must also be confronted . Each of the chapters in Part One directly confront this issue through a comparative evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the ...
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... course , Kant argues that reason is opposed to inclination insofar as reason is the recognition of unconditional necessity in the form of general and invariant rules , whether of those that govern nature or those that govern our actions ...
... course , Kant argues that reason is opposed to inclination insofar as reason is the recognition of unconditional necessity in the form of general and invariant rules , whether of those that govern nature or those that govern our actions ...
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... course , after making this remark Kant goes on to argue why nature must have de- signed reason to give us the capacity to control our will , not that a good will is in- contestably good in itself . But in fact , he offers no argument to ...
... course , after making this remark Kant goes on to argue why nature must have de- signed reason to give us the capacity to control our will , not that a good will is in- contestably good in itself . But in fact , he offers no argument to ...
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... course , to be fair to Rorty , he draws a rather deci- sive private / public distinction and insists that such reinvention , liberal ironism , is a private project , part of leading a liberal life , and is not necessary to a liberal po ...
... course , to be fair to Rorty , he draws a rather deci- sive private / public distinction and insists that such reinvention , liberal ironism , is a private project , part of leading a liberal life , and is not necessary to a liberal po ...
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... course , re- quires addressing how different human societies traditionally have understood the natural world and their entire conception of themselves . Hence , moral discussions that hinge on a limited conception of the goals , values ...
... course , re- quires addressing how different human societies traditionally have understood the natural world and their entire conception of themselves . Hence , moral discussions that hinge on a limited conception of the goals , values ...
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SelfFulfillment Through Selflessness The Moral Teachings of the Daode Jing | 21 |
Ethical Insights from Chu Hsi | 49 |
Concrete Ethics in a Comparative Perspective Zhuangzi Meets William James | 67 |
Preparing for Something that Never Happens The MeansEnds Problem in Modern Culture | 93 |
Ethics in Cultural Context Variety or Relativism? | 117 |
Pluralism in Practice Incommensurability and Constraints on Change in Ethical Discourses | 119 |
The Moral Interpretation of Culture | 139 |
Ethics in a Diverse World of Conflict Gender Law and Medicine | 173 |
Human Rights Law Religion and the Gendered Moral Order | 203 |
The Enlightenment Paradigm of Native Right and Forged Hybridity of Cultural Rights in British India | 235 |
Suicide Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia A Buddhist Perspective | 263 |
In Extremis Abortion and Assisted Suicide from a Buddhist Perspective | 283 |
Good Clinical Practice? Can East Asia Accommodate Western Standards? | 317 |
Selected Bibliography | 329 |
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About the Contributors | 345 |
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