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Encounter with Enlightenment : A Study of Japanese Ethics.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY Series in Modern Japanese Philosophy SeriesPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (295 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780791490303
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Encounter with EnlightenmentDDC classification:
  • 170/.952
LOC classification:
  • BJ970 -- .C37 2001eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- ENCOUNTER WITH ENLIGHTENMENT: A Study of Japanese Ethics -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Contrasts and Ideals -- MANY "EASTS," MANY "WESTS" -- THE CRITICAL PATH -- 1. The "Do Nothing"and the Pilgrim: Two Approaches to Ethics -- ON THE NATURE OF THE WILL -- THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE EVERYDAY WORLD -- THE WILL IN EASTERN THOUGHT -- WU-WEI AND NON-DOING -- EVIL -- ON HUMAN HEARTEDNESS -- A RADICAL INTERDEPENDENCE -- THE MORALITY OF ENLIGHTENMENT -- CONCLUSION -- 2. The Significance ofShinto¯ism for Japanese Ethics -- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SHINTO¯ PERSPECTIVE -- SHRINE SHINTO¯ (COMMON SHINTO¯) -- IN THE BEGINNING -- KAMI AND EVIL -- ATTITUDES, VIRTUES, AND RITUALS -- THE CONNECTION TO ANCESTORS -- THE WAY TO THE FUTURE -- REFLECTIVE EPILOGUE -- THE ECOLOGICAL DIMENSION -- ETHICS AND NATURE -- SHINTO¯ AND ZEN -- 3. Confucianism and Japanese Ethics -- THE CONFUCIAN SELF -- ORIGINAL HUMAN GOODNESS -- THE IMPORTANCE OF SINCERITY -- SELF AS FIELD -- SPONTANEITY -- CONFUCIANISM IN JAPAN -- 4. Buddhism and Japanese Ethics -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BEGINNINGS -- BUDDHISM AND MORALITY -- THE GROUND OF MORALITY -- WHAT HAPPENED TO NIRVA¯NA? -- ETHICS AND ENLIGHTENMENT -- THE BODHISATTVA -- THE PATH OF THE BODHISATTVA -- 5. Zen Buddhism and Ethics -- ZEN AND ENLIGHTENMENT -- EVIL AND ZEN -- THE CAT AGAIN -- SEEING INTO ONE'S OWN NATURE -- WHY SHOULD ONE BE MORAL? -- CATS! CATS! CATS! -- ZEN AND NATURE -- AND IF THE CAT WERE NOT A CAT? -- 6. The Fundamentals: Modern Japanese Ethics -- NINGEN -- THE ONE AND THE MANY -- ETHICS -- TOWARDS NOTHINGNESS -- SINCERITY -- ETHICS AS CONTEXTUAL -- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FAMILY -- THE COMPLEXITY OF CLIMATE -- 7. An Ethics of Transformation: Nishida, Yuasa, and Dogen -- THE NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE -- WHY THE ONE DIFFERENTIATES -- THE NATURE OF GOOD CONDUCT -- FROM SELF TO NO-SELF.
ON SELF-CULTIVATION -- DOGEN -- DOGEN ON THE "NOW" -- Conclusion: The Mutuality of Learningin a Global Village -- SOCIAL ETHICS -- FINAL REFLECTIONS -- ECOLOGICAL ETHICS, EAST AND WEST -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Examines the influence of Shintoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism on Japanese ethics, with implications for our understanding of various social, economic, and environmental problems.
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Intro -- ENCOUNTER WITH ENLIGHTENMENT: A Study of Japanese Ethics -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Contrasts and Ideals -- MANY "EASTS," MANY "WESTS" -- THE CRITICAL PATH -- 1. The "Do Nothing"and the Pilgrim: Two Approaches to Ethics -- ON THE NATURE OF THE WILL -- THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE EVERYDAY WORLD -- THE WILL IN EASTERN THOUGHT -- WU-WEI AND NON-DOING -- EVIL -- ON HUMAN HEARTEDNESS -- A RADICAL INTERDEPENDENCE -- THE MORALITY OF ENLIGHTENMENT -- CONCLUSION -- 2. The Significance ofShinto¯ism for Japanese Ethics -- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SHINTO¯ PERSPECTIVE -- SHRINE SHINTO¯ (COMMON SHINTO¯) -- IN THE BEGINNING -- KAMI AND EVIL -- ATTITUDES, VIRTUES, AND RITUALS -- THE CONNECTION TO ANCESTORS -- THE WAY TO THE FUTURE -- REFLECTIVE EPILOGUE -- THE ECOLOGICAL DIMENSION -- ETHICS AND NATURE -- SHINTO¯ AND ZEN -- 3. Confucianism and Japanese Ethics -- THE CONFUCIAN SELF -- ORIGINAL HUMAN GOODNESS -- THE IMPORTANCE OF SINCERITY -- SELF AS FIELD -- SPONTANEITY -- CONFUCIANISM IN JAPAN -- 4. Buddhism and Japanese Ethics -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BEGINNINGS -- BUDDHISM AND MORALITY -- THE GROUND OF MORALITY -- WHAT HAPPENED TO NIRVA¯NA? -- ETHICS AND ENLIGHTENMENT -- THE BODHISATTVA -- THE PATH OF THE BODHISATTVA -- 5. Zen Buddhism and Ethics -- ZEN AND ENLIGHTENMENT -- EVIL AND ZEN -- THE CAT AGAIN -- SEEING INTO ONE'S OWN NATURE -- WHY SHOULD ONE BE MORAL? -- CATS! CATS! CATS! -- ZEN AND NATURE -- AND IF THE CAT WERE NOT A CAT? -- 6. The Fundamentals: Modern Japanese Ethics -- NINGEN -- THE ONE AND THE MANY -- ETHICS -- TOWARDS NOTHINGNESS -- SINCERITY -- ETHICS AS CONTEXTUAL -- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FAMILY -- THE COMPLEXITY OF CLIMATE -- 7. An Ethics of Transformation: Nishida, Yuasa, and Dogen -- THE NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE -- WHY THE ONE DIFFERENTIATES -- THE NATURE OF GOOD CONDUCT -- FROM SELF TO NO-SELF.

ON SELF-CULTIVATION -- DOGEN -- DOGEN ON THE "NOW" -- Conclusion: The Mutuality of Learningin a Global Village -- SOCIAL ETHICS -- FINAL REFLECTIONS -- ECOLOGICAL ETHICS, EAST AND WEST -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Examines the influence of Shintoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism on Japanese ethics, with implications for our understanding of various social, economic, and environmental problems.

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