Chenyang Li

Moral Cultivation and Confucian Character: Engaging Joel J. Kupperman Chenyang Li

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: Chenyang Li is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he also founded and directs the Philosophy Program. His books include "The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony" and "The Tao Encounters the West: Explorations in Comparative Philosophy," also published by SUNY Press. Peimin Ni is Professor of Philosophy at Grand Valley State University and the author of several books, including "On Confucius."Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Foreword"Fred Dallmayr" Introduction"Chenyang Li and Peimin Ni" Part I. Moral Cultivation and Confucian Virtues: Engagements and Developments 1. From Kupperman's Character Ethics to Confucian Role Ethics: Putting Humpty Together Again"Roger T. Ames and Henry Rosemont, Jr." 2. Kongzi and Aristotle as Virtue Ethicists"Philip J. Ivanhoe" 3. Anthropocentric Realism about Values"Bryan W. Van Norden" 4. The Different Faces of Love in a Good Life"David B. Wong" 5. On Reflective Equanimity: A Confucian Perspective"Kwong-loi Shun" 6. Individual and Rituals"Robert Cummings Neville"Part II. Moral Cultivation and Material Well-Being 7. Material Well-Being and Character Cultivation in Confucianism"Chenyang Li" 8. Materialistic Desires and Ethical Life in the "Analects" and the "Mencius""Sor-hoon Tan" 9. Character and Ethics for Social Entities"Peimin Ni" 10. When Good Relationships Are Not Enough for Business: Understanding Character in Confucian Ethics"Karyn Lai" Part III. Responses and Comments 11. Responses and Comments"Joel J. Kupperman" Appendix: Publications by Joel J. Kupperman Contributors IndexReview Quotes: Joel Kupperman is rightly celebrated for his success at drawing on Eastern traditions to enlarge our (Western) understanding of key issues in philosophy. The impressive essays in this volume extend Kupperman s approach with stimulating reflections on character, emotions, and well-being. Stephen C. Angle, author of "Contemporary Confucian Political Philosophy" Each essay by a major figure in comparative philosophy is a masterful engagement with the Confucian tradition that reveals its resources for us today. Scholars and students of both Chinese philosophy and comparative philosophy will want to read this impressive volume. Owen Flanagan, author of "The Bodhisattva s Brain: Buddhism Naturalized"" Contributor Bio:  Li, Chenyang Chenyang Li is Associate Professor of Philosophy and the Founding Director of the Philosophy program at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His publications include The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony (2013), The Tao Encounters the West: Explorations in Comparative Philosophy (1999), The East Asian Challenge for Democracy: Political Meritocracy in Comparative Perspective (edited with Daniel Bell, Cambridge, 2013), and Moral Cultivation and Confucian Character: Engaging Joel J. Kupperman (edited with Peimin Ni, 2014).