1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457812103321

Autore

Van Norden Bryan W (Bryan William)

Titolo

Virtue ethics and consequentialism in early Chinese philosophy / / Bryan W. Van Norden [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007

ISBN

1-107-17910-6

1-280-91743-1

9786610917433

0-511-30192-8

0-511-29002-0

0-511-29062-4

0-511-28876-X

0-511-49799-7

0-511-28944-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 412 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

170.951

Soggetti

Confucianism

Philosophy, Confucian

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-399) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Kongzi and Ruism -- Mozi and early Mohism -- Mengzi -- Pluralistic Ruism.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book Bryan W. Van Norden examines early Confucianism as a form of virtue ethics and Mohism, an anti-Confucian movement, as a version of consequentialism. The philosophical methodology is analytic, in that the emphasis is on clear exegesis of the texts and a critical examination of the philosophical arguments proposed by each side. Van Norden shows that Confucianism, while similar to Aristotelianism in being a form of virtue ethics, offers different conceptions of 'the good life', the virtues, human nature, and ethical cultivation. Mohism is akin to Western utilitarianism in being a form of consequentialism, but distinctive in its conception of the relevant consequences and in its specific thought-experiments and state-of-nature arguments. Van



Norden makes use of the best research on Chinese history, archaeology, and philology. His text is accessible to philosophers with no previous knowledge of Chinese culture and to Sinologists with no background in philosophy.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910799947503321

Autore

Hornborg Anne-Christine

Titolo

Mi'kmaq landscapes [[electronic resource] ] : from animism to sacred ecology / / Anne-Christine Hornborg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hants, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2007

ISBN

1-315-59537-0

1-317-09622-3

1-317-09621-5

1-281-54518-X

9786611545185

0-7546-9305-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

Vitality of indigenous religions

Disciplina

971.5

Soggetti

Mi'kmaq peoples - Government relations

Mi'kmaq peoples - Religion

Mi'kmaq peoples - History

Indigenous peoples - Ecology - Maritime Provinces

Maritime Provinces Environmental conditions

Maritime Provinces History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Maps; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 On the Phenomenological Foundation of Indian Romanticism; 3 'Till They Saw Him No More' (1850-1930); 4 Interlude (1930-1970); 5 The Return of Kluskap (1970-2000); Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book seeks to explore historical changes in the lifeworld of the



Mi'kmaq Indians of Eastern Canada. The Mi'kmaq culture hero Kluskap serves as a key persona in discussing issues such as traditions, changing conceptions of land, and human-environmental relations. This study discusses the eco-cosmology that has been formulated by modern reserve inhabitants and that could be labeled a 'sacred ecology'.