Chenyang Li & Peimin Ni 
Moral Cultivation and Confucian Character [EPUB ebook] 
Engaging Joel J. Kupperman

In this volume, leading scholars in Asian and comparative philosophy take the work of Joel J. Kupperman as a point of departure to consider new perspectives on Confucian ethics. Kupperman is one of the few eminent Western philosophers to have integrated Asian philosophical traditions into his thought, developing a character-based ethics synthesizing Western, Chinese, and Indian philosophies. With their focus on Confucian ethics, contributors respond, expand, and engage in critical dialogue with Kupperman’s views. Kupperman joins the conversation with responses and comments that conclude the volume.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments



Foreword


Fred Dallmayr


Introduction


Chenyang Li and Peimin Ni




Part I. Moral Cultivation and Confucian Virtues: Engagements and Developments



1. From Kupperman’s Character Ethics to Confucian Role Ethics: Putting Humpty Together Again


Roger T. Ames and Henry Rosemont, Jr.



2. Kongzi and Aristotle as Virtue Ethicists


Philip J. Ivanhoe



3. Anthropocentric Realism about Values


Bryan W. Van Norden


4. The Different Faces of Love in a Good Life


David B. Wong



5. On Reflective Equanimity: A Confucian Perspective


Kwong-loi Shun



6. Individual and Rituals


Robert Cummings Neville



Part II. Moral Cultivation and Material Well-Being



7. Material Well-Being and Character Cultivation in Confucianism


Chenyang Li



8. Materialistic Desires and Ethical Life in the
Analects and the
Mencius


Sor-hoon Tan



9. Character and Ethics for Social Entities


Peimin Ni



10. When Good Relationships Are Not Enough for Business: Understanding Character in Confucian Ethics


Karyn Lai




Part III. Responses and Comments


11. Responses and Comments


Joel J. Kupperman


Appendix: Publications by Joel J. Kupperman

Contributors

Index

Om författaren

Chenyang Li is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he also founded and directs the Philosophy Program. His books include
The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony and
The Tao Encounters the West: Explorations in Comparative Philosophy, also published by SUNY Press.
Peimin Ni is Professor of Philosophy at Grand Valley State University and the author of several books, including
On Confucius.