Against Individualism a Confucpb

This book is both a critique of the concept of the rights-holding, free, autonomous individual and attendant ideology dominant in the contemporary West, and an account of an alternative view, that of the role-bearing, interrelated responsible person of classical Confucianism, suitably modified for addressing the manifold problems of today.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Prolegomena
Chapter 2: Doing Ethics in a Global Context
Chapter 3: On the Existence of the Self, and Self-Identity
Chapter 4: Normative Dimensions of Belief in an Individual SelfChapter 5: The Apotheosis of the Individual Self: Libertarianism
Chapter 6: Toward an Ethics of Roles
Chapter 7: Progressive Family Values
Chapter 8: On Religion and Ritual
Chapter 9: The Religious Dimensions of Role-Bearing Family Lives
Chapter 10: Role Ethics Beyond the Family

About the author

Henry Rosemont Jr. is George B. & Willma Reeves Distinguished Professor of the Liberal Arts Emeritus at St. Mary's College of Maryland.

Summary

This book is both a critique of the concept of the rights-holding, free, autonomous individual and attendant ideology dominant in the contemporary West, and an account of an alternative view, that of the role-bearing, interrelated responsible person of classical Confucianism, suitably modified for addressing the manifold problems of today.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Rosemont, Henry Jr. Rosemont, Rosemont Henry
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9780739199824
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9982-4
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Philosophy and Cultural Identity; Philosophy and Cultural Identi; Print on Demand; Philosophy and Cultural Identity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, RELIGION / Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy of religion, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy