ETHICS OF BEWILDERMENT
An ethics of bewilderment, which differs dramatically from the more familiar ethics of ease, is best understood through poetic presentations. Using examples drawn from Chinese and Western sources—notably Du Fu and Dante—this inquiry treats bewilderment as both an emotion and a virtue. Both these for...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2010
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Journal of religious ethics
Année: 2010, Volume: 38, Numéro: 3, Pages: 436-460 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Zhuangzi
B Virtue B Compassion B bewilderment B Emotion B Du Fu B Dante |
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Résumé: | An ethics of bewilderment, which differs dramatically from the more familiar ethics of ease, is best understood through poetic presentations. Using examples drawn from Chinese and Western sources—notably Du Fu and Dante—this inquiry treats bewilderment as both an emotion and a virtue. Both these forms of bewilderment involve an acknowledgment of how minimal is the ethical confidence we have, given the feelings we have and the judgments we must make, but they also extend in productive ways the implications of that acknowledgment. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9795.2010.00438.x |