Happiness and Virtue Beyond East and West by Kevin Ryan

Happiness and Virtue Beyond East and West by Kevin Ryan

Discover global perspectives on happiness through this series of essays.

Happiness and Virtue Beyond East and West presents an important series of essays from Japanese and American authors that examine essential virtues shared by both Eastern and Western cultures. Its ultimate goal is for happiness to be realized in a globally and socially responsible manner.

Each chapter examines the importance of one of nine virtues:

Courage

Justice

Benevolence

Gratitude

Wisdom

Reflection

Respect

Responsibility

Temperance
These essays demonstrate that the virtues and happiness associated with living a good life know no national boundaries. It is the sincere hope of the editors and authors that this book will help its readers re-examine the timeless question of what constitutes true happiness and will therefore play some part in increasing international cooperation and good will.

Perfect for readers interested in transculturalism, Happiness and Virtue Beyond East and Westis a thorough examination of global perspectives on happiness.

"Scholars from two universities, one in Boston USA and the other Kashiwa Japan, engage in paired reflections on nine virtues: courage, justice, benevolence, gratitude, wisdom, reflection, respect, responsibility and temperanceCharacteristic differences of emphasis emerge, but in a spirit of complementarity not conflict. The substance of each virtue is vividly conjured in story--mythological, historical or biographical. The coherence of the end result is the more remarkable given twelve contributors. They explore the grounding of our shared humanity with its respective debt to Graeco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian sources or to Buddhist, Confucian and Shinto ones. There is challenge here for both education and living." --Dr. Brian Gates, Emeritus Professor of Religious & Moral Education, University of Cumbria
"This book is testament to the scholarship, excellence and collaborative spirit of the authors. I recommend it to those who wish to improve the quality of their lives and are willing to commit to the practice of kindness in their thoughts and courage in their actions. My hope is that this book will become a widely acknowledged, international reference used to educate and influence generations of youth. They need to appreciate that true improvement is the ethical implementation of knowledge, and differs from the misused term of 'progress' which is often the installation of technical advances for short term institutional profitability." --Professor Thomas Martin, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research), Australian Catholic University
"In this unique and splendid contribution to cross-cultural understanding, nine virtues∙courage, justice, benevolence, gratitude, wisdom, reflection, respect, responsibility, and temperance--are reflected upon by scholars from Reitaku University and Boston University. Preceded by two excellent introductory essays and followed by an insightful conclusion, the nine chapters each treat a virtue, first from an Eastern and then a Western perspective. The Japanese writers emphasize the relational self, moral causality and one's responsibility to the community; the American writers, the autonomous self, pragmatic altruism and one's own character development. The result of the dialogical collaboration is a shared vision and deeper awareness of the rich network of interdependence that links us with others and with nature; and that reminds us of our moral duty to act for the common good." --Michael Palencia-RothTrowbridge Scholar in Literary Studies, Emeritus Professor of Comparative & World Literature, The University of Illinois

Edited by:

RKevin Ryan, Bernice Lerner, Karen E. Bohlin, The Center for Character and Social Responsibility (CCSR) at Boston University School of Education, USA

Osamu Nakayama, Shujiro Mizuno, Kazunobu Horiuchi, The Center for Moral Science and Education (CMSE) at Reitaku University, Japan

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ISBN 13	9784805312292
ISBN 10	4805312297
Title	Happiness and Virtue Beyond East and West
Author	Kevin Ryan
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Tuttle Publishing
Year published	2012-04-10
Number of pages	256
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