Kurzbeschreibung
Examines the influence of Shintoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism on Japanese ethics, with implecations for our understanding of various social, economic, and environmental problems.
Synopsis
Carter (philosophy, Kansai Gaidai University) describes the principles of Japanese ethical systems, places them in their social context, and identifies their religious and philosophical underpinnings. He then applies these principles to current social, economic, and environmental problems. Shint<-o>ism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, and mod
Über den Autor
Robert E. Carter is Professor of Philosophy at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan. He is the author of Becoming Bamboo: Western and Eastern Explorations of the Meaning of Life and The Nothingness Beyond God: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Nishida Kitaroµ; editor of God, the Self, and Nothingness: Reflections Eastern and Western; and translator of Watsuji Tetsuroµ's Rinrigaku, also published by SUNY Press.
