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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... response to the universalism - relativism debate . Later I will comment on what that might be . Thirdly , the practical and policy oriented aspects of such a broadened perspec- tive need to be addressed . Ethics has always had practical ...
... response to the universalism - relativism debate . Later I will comment on what that might be . Thirdly , the practical and policy oriented aspects of such a broadened perspec- tive need to be addressed . Ethics has always had practical ...
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... responses to the exter- nal " natural " environment . A fully naturalized explanation that requires no assump- tion of either inter- or intraspecies human uniqueness or difference becomes possible . Similarly , maintaining the ...
... responses to the exter- nal " natural " environment . A fully naturalized explanation that requires no assump- tion of either inter- or intraspecies human uniqueness or difference becomes possible . Similarly , maintaining the ...
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... response to such questions . Univer- salism seems unhelpful because it suggests the possibility of a uniquely correct so- lution to the problem of multiple vocabularies ; that is , it regards such pluralism as a problem to be solved ...
... response to such questions . Univer- salism seems unhelpful because it suggests the possibility of a uniquely correct so- lution to the problem of multiple vocabularies ; that is , it regards such pluralism as a problem to be solved ...
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... responses begin to emerge . On the one hand , the variety of ethical theories suggests that there may be more to moral cultivation than any single theory can encompass . This accords both with the universalist view that all such ...
... responses begin to emerge . On the one hand , the variety of ethical theories suggests that there may be more to moral cultivation than any single theory can encompass . This accords both with the universalist view that all such ...
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... Response to the Information Age ( Albany : State University of New York Press , 1999 ) , Chapter One . 2. See Joseph Margolis , Pragmatism Without Foundations ( Oxford , U.K .: Basil Black- well , 1986 ) and Life Without Principles ...
... Response to the Information Age ( Albany : State University of New York Press , 1999 ) , Chapter One . 2. See Joseph Margolis , Pragmatism Without Foundations ( Oxford , U.K .: Basil Black- well , 1986 ) and Life Without Principles ...
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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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