附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index.
Being: perspective versus substance -- Truth: Confucius and Heidegger -- Language: pragmatic versus semantic -- Ethics: Confucian jen and feminist care -- Family: duty versus rights -- Religion: multiple participation versus exclusionism -- Justice: Confucian values and democratice values.
摘要:The relation between liberal democracy and Confucianism is explored by author Chenyang Li as he argues for a Chinese future where both coexist as independent value systems. This relationship is shown through a comparative study of Chinese and Western ideas and philosophies of being, truth, language, ethics, religion, and values. The book covers a wide range of philosophers and philosophies, including Aristotle, Zhuang Zi, Heidegger, Confucius, Kripke, and feminist care ethics. Li shows how a comparative approach to different patterns of thinking in Chinese and Western traditions sheds light on the intelligibility of Chinese multiple ethico-religious practice, which in turn supports the claim that democracy and Confucianism can coexist as independent value systems.
