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Moral Theorizing and the Source of Normativity in Classical Chinese Philosophy: An Outline

Brunozzi, Philippe

Dao : a journal of comparative philosophy, 2020-09, Vol.19 (3), p.335-351 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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    Moral Theorizing and the Source of Normativity in Classical Chinese Philosophy: An Outline
  • Author: Brunozzi, Philippe
  • Subjects: Chinese ; Chinese languages ; Education ; Ethics ; Non-Western Philosophy ; Philosophy ; Philosophy of Religion ; Phraseologisms ; Poetry ; Religious Studies ; Written language
  • Is Part Of: Dao : a journal of comparative philosophy, 2020-09, Vol.19 (3), p.335-351
  • Description: When engaging with classical Chinese ethics, we might end up wondering what kind of moral theorizing we ultimately are confronted with. The accounts and answers to specific practical problems are dispersed throughout the texts and expressed via various codes of composition, ranging from sayings to theoretical reflections to poems. However, what exactly the aim of these theories consists in is not explicitly addressed by systematic second-order reflections. In this article I try to shed some light on the understanding of moral theorizing that underlies the transmitted texts. For this, I adopt an issue-centered approach that attempts to indirectly address the understanding of moral theorizing via the question about the source of normativity. That approach will be tested by drawing on the accounts of Mengzi 孟子 and C heng Yi 程頤. First conclusions will show that moral theorizing can be understood as the simultaneous business of a moral anatomist and a moral painter.
  • Publisher: Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1540-3009
    EISSN: 1569-7274
    DOI: 10.1007/s11712-020-09730-3
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