Ritual and deference: extending Chinese philosophy in a comparative context 9780791478219, 9780791474570, 9780791474587

Table of contents :
Frontmatter
PREFACE (page xi)
ONE A Confucian Program (page 1)
TWO The Significance of Confucian Values (page 15)
THREE Ritual in Xunzi (page 27)
FOUR Daoist Relativism, Ethical Choice, and Normative Measure (page 41)
FIVE Chinese Influences in English-Speaking Philosophy (page 59)
SIX Methodology, Practices, and Disciplines in Chinese and Western Philosophy (page 75)
SEVEN Metaphysics for Contemporary Chinese Philosophy (page 89)
EIGHT The Conscious and Unconscious Placing of Ritual in Humanity (page 101)
NINE The Contemporary Mutual Development of Confucianism and Christianity (page 113)
TEN The Personal and the Impersonal in Conceptions of Divinity (page 121)
ELEVEN On Comparison (page 127)
TWELVE Contributions of Chinese Philosophy: A Summary Discussion (page 149)
NOTES (page 163)
INDEX (page 187)

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RITUAL AND DEFERENCE

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