Chinese Cosmology and Recent Studies in Confucian Ethics: A Review Essay

Scholars of early Chinese philosophy frequently point to the non transcendent, organismic conception of the cosmos in early China as the source of China's unique perspective and distinctive values. One would expect recent works in Confucian ethics to capitalize on this idea. Reviewing recent wo...

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Main Author: Geaney, Jane (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2000
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2000, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 451-470
Further subjects:B Book review
B Confucius
B Transcendence
B Cosmology
B Chinese ethics
B Dualism
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Summary:Scholars of early Chinese philosophy frequently point to the non transcendent, organismic conception of the cosmos in early China as the source of China's unique perspective and distinctive values. One would expect recent works in Confucian ethics to capitalize on this idea. Reviewing recent works in Confucian ethics by P. J. Ivanhoe, David Nivison, R. P. Peerenboom, Henry Rosemont, and Tu Wei-Ming, the author analyzes these new studies in termsof the extent to which their representation of Confucian ethics reflects and is consistent with the view that in early China the cosmos was conceived to be organismic, nontranscendent, and nondualistic.
ISSN:1467-9795
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/0384-9694.00057