Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane - The Problem of Evil in Classical Chinese Philosophy

Franklin Perkins is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. He is author of Leibniz and China: A Commerce of Light and Leibniz: A Guide for the Perplexed.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Note on Abbreviated Citations
Introduction: Philosophy in a Cross-Cultural Context
1. Formations of the Problem of Evil
2. The Efficacy of Human Action and the Mohist Opposition to Fate
3. Efficacy and Following Nature in the Dàodéj¿ng
4. Reproaching Heaven and Serving Heaven in the Mèngz¿
5. Beyond the Human in the Zhüng¿
6. Xúnz¿ and the Fragility of the Human
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Franklin Perkins

Summary

That bad things happen to good people was as true in early China as it is today. This book provides readings of classical Chinese texts and reflects on their significance for Western philosophical discourse.

Product details

• Authors: Franklin Perkins, Perkins Franklin
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.2014
• EAN: 9780253011725
• ISBN: 978-0-253-01172-5
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: World Philosophies; World Philosophies; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; Ethik und Moralphilosophie, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, PHILOSOPHY / Good & Evil