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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464880803321

Titolo

Moral relativism and Chinese philosophy : David Wong and his critics / / edited by Yang Xiao and Yong Huang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-4384-5096-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Altri autori (Persone)

XiaoYang

HuangYong

Disciplina

171/.7

Soggetti

Ethical relativism

Philosophy, Chinese

Electronic books.

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

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction""; ""I. David Wong�s Pluralistic Moral Relativism""; ""1. The Strategy and Style of Wong�s Approach: Working Out a Defensible Relativism""; ""2. The Three Main Theses of Wong�s Pluralistic Relativism""; ""3. Wong�s Defense of Pluralistic Relativism""; ""4. Wong�s Moral Relativism and Chinese Philosophy""; ""II. Central Issues between Wong and His Critics""; ""1. A Morality of Humanity Over and Above Moralities of Social Groups?""

""2. Can a Metaethics that Is Naturalistic, Pluralistic, and Relativistic Accommodate a Normative Morality that Is Non-Naturalistic, Monistic, or Universalistic Morality?""""3. The Principle of Humanity vs. the Principle of Charity: Interpretation of Confucianism""; ""4. Naturalism and the Naturalistic Fallacy""; ""5. Naturalism, Relativism, and Realism""; ""6. Speaker Relativism or Patient Relativism?""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part I: Critical Essays""; ""2. Human Morality, Naturalism, and Accommodation""; ""I. Wong�s Pluralistic Relativism""

""II. The Universal Element in Morality""""III. Relativism""; ""IV. Accommodation""; ""V. Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""3. Naturalism and Pluralistic Relativism""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Individuating Moralities""; ""III. From Moral Ambivalence to Pluralistic Relativism?""; ""IV. Value Monism and Universalism Revisited""; ""V. Should Wong Allow Non-Naturalistic Moralities to be Adequate?""; ""VI.



Moralities as Practiced Versus Ideal Moralities""; ""VII. A Problem for Wong�s Reciprocity Constraint""; ""VIII. Wong�s Use of Xunzi: A Separate Naturalistic Project?""

""Acknowledgment""""Notes""; ""References""; ""4. Principle of Humanity vs. Principle of Charity""; ""I. The Argument""; ""II. The Rival Principles of Humanity and Charity in Radical Translation""; ""III. The Role of Comparative Philosophy in the Argument""; ""IV. Xunzi and Sage Authority""; ""V. Mencius and Ambivalence about Principles""; ""VI. Zhuangzi: Detachment and Moral Engagement""; ""VII. Conclusion: Tolerance, Accommodation, and Openness""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""5. Naturalism, Relativism, and the Authority of Morality""; ""I. Wong�s Pluralistic Relativism""

""II. Questions about the Universally Valid Criteria of Morality""""III. Questions about the Locally Contingent Criteria of Morality""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""6. The Metaphysics and Semantics of Moral Relativism""; ""I. Moral Relativism and Moral Realism""; ""II. Moral Disagreements and Moral Relativism""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""7. Toward a Benign Moral Relativism: From the Agent/Appraiser-Centered to the Patient-Centered""; ""I. Problems with Relativism without Constraints""; ""II. How Wong�s Pluralist Relativism Avoids these Problems""

""III. Toward a Patient-Centered Moral Relativism""