The Ethics of Confucius and Aristotle by Jiyuan Yu

The Ethics of Confucius and Aristotle by Jiyuan Yu

As a comparative study of the virtue ethics of Aristotle and Confucius, this book explores how they each reflect upon human good and virtue out of their respective cultural assumptions, conceptual frameworks, and philosophical perspectives. It does not simply take one side as a framework to understand the other; rather, it takes them as mirrors for each other and seeks to develop new readings and perspectives of both ethics that would be unattainable if each were studied on its own.

"[T]his is a very valuable volumeIt is a rich and textually grounded discussion of these two thinkers. It is an illuminating account of the parallels and divergences between them." -- Brad Wilburn, Chadron State College, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

"Yu's book is the best book on comparative philosophy I have ever read. He has proposed a creative methodology and he applies his expert knowledge of Greek and Chinese philosophy with great care and insight. I recommend this book without reservation." -- Nicholas F. Gier, University of Idaho, Journal of Chinese Philosophy

Jiyuan Yu is Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy, State University of New York at Buffalo. He is author of The Structure of being in Aristotle's Metaphysics, co-author (with Nick Bunnin) of The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy, and co-editor (with Jorge Gracia) of Rationality and Happiness and Uses and Abuses of the Classics.

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ISBN 13	9780415956475
ISBN 10	0415956471
Title	The Ethics of Confucius and Aristotle
Author	Jiyuan Yu
Series	Routledge Studies In Ethics And Moral Theory
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	2007-05-17
Number of pages	288
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