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050 4 _aBD209 -- .K536 2015eb
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100 1 _aKlancer, Catherine Hudak.
245 1 0 _aEmbracing Our Complexity :
_bThomas Aquinas and Zhu Xi on Power and the Common Good.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aAlbany :
_bState University of New York Press,
_c2015.
264 4 _c©2015.
300 _a1 online resource (364 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aSUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture Series
505 0 _aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Tensions Timeless and Contemporary -- Introduction to Zhu Xi and Thomas Aquinas -- Zhu Xi -- Thomas Aquinas -- Thomas and Zhu in Conversation -- Methodology -- Chapter Outline -- The Wider Context -- Conclusion -- Chapter 1 An Objectively Moral Universe -- What's Your Proof? Limitations of the Scientific Model -- A Different Way of Thinking: The Mind of Faith -- Thomas Aquinas-Faith Informed by Reason, Reason Informed by Faith -- Zhu Xi-An Intellectually Rigorous Faith -- Thomas and Zhu in Conversation -- An Ontological Morality -- Zhu Xi's Ontology -- Thomas Aquinas's Ontology -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Intelligent Agents with Moral Potential -- Self-Interested Actors and Selfless Comrades -- Intelligent Agents with Moral Potential -- Zhu Xi's Human Being: In Need of Communal Assistance -- Thomas Aquinas's Human Being: In Need of Grace -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Roles, Rituals, and Habits: The Proper Development of the Human Being -- Roles -- Social Roles and the Human Person -- Cosmic Roles and the Human Person -- A Methodological Issue -- Development of the Self -- Zhu Xi and Socialization -- Thomas Aquinas and the Virtues -- Fulfilling the Role -- Zhu Xi: Assisting the Universe -- Thomas Aquinas: Bringing About the Good of All -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Exercising Authority -- The Government and the Common Good -- Sacred Calling for Human Beings in General to Exercise Authority -- Zhu Xi: The Human Endowment -- Thomas Aquinas: The Power of Reason and Intellect -- The Exercise of Authority by Particular Individuals Within the Human Community -- Zhu Xi and the Need for Social Hierarchy -- Thomas Aquinas and the Need for a Ruler -- Qualifications for Leadership -- Zhu Xi: The Moral Model -- Thomas Aquinas: Prudent Lawmaker -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Limiting Authority.
505 8 _aThe Contemporary Distaste for Humility -- Zhu Xi and Thomas Aquinas on Humility -- Zhu Xi: A Virtue or Not? -- Thomas Aquinas: Definitely a Virtue -- Humility Grounded in Finite Nature and Knowledge -- Zhu Xi and the Way -- Thomas Aquinas and God -- Humility in Community -- Zhu Xi and Social Inferiors -- Thomas Aquinas and Revelation -- Humility and Authority -- Zhu Xi and the "Mere Fellow" -- Thomas Aquinas and the Tyrant -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: The Virtue of Humble Authority -- Dealing with Reality -- Engaging with Diversity, Engaging with Paradox: The Virtue of Humble Authority -- The Complexities of Life -- The Desire for Simplicity -- Lessons for the Contemporary World -- Facing the Truth(s) -- Defending Cultural Comparison -- Message for a Pluralistic Society -- Humble Authority in Action -- Justice, Love, and Wonder -- Do We Really Need Religious Belief? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
520 _aUsing the thought of Christian thinker Thomas Aquinas and Neo-Confucian Zhu Xi, explores how to exercise and limit authority.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aZhu, Xi,-1130-1200.
650 0 _aThomas, Aquinas, Saint,-1225?-1274.
650 0 _aCommon good.
650 0 _aPower (Philosophy).
650 0 _aAuthority.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aKlancer, Catherine Hudak
_tEmbracing Our Complexity
_dAlbany : State University of New York Press,c2015
_z9781438458410
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aSUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4396591
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