Varieties of Ethical Reflection: New Directions for Ethics in a Global Context - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0739104438 ISBN 13 : 9780739104439

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2003

Synopsis

Varieties of Ethical Reflection brings together new cultural and religious perspectives―drawn from non-Western, primarily Asian, philosophical sources―to globalize the contemporary discussion of theoretical and applied ethics. The work pushes ethics beyond a Western philosophical tradition tending toward universalism to infuse and broaden modern ethical theory with relativistic Asian ethical principles. The contributors introduce multicultural concepts and ideas from the Chinese Taoist, Confucian and Neo-Confucian, Indian and East Asian Buddhist, and Hindu traditions, focusing on such areas of moral controversy as the clash between women's rights and culture; universal human rights; abortion and euthanasia in a non-Western setting; and the standardization of medical practice across cultures.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Michael Barnhart is Associate Professor of Philosophy at CUNY-Kingsborough Community College.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0739104438
• ISBN 13: 9780739104439
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Éditeur: Barnhart Michael
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