Bishop Joseph Butler and Wang Yangming
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Bishop Joseph Butler and Wang Yangming

A Comparative Study of Their Moral Vision and View of Conscience

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A Comparative Study of Their Moral Vision and View of Conscience

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This book is a comparative study of the Anglican Bishop Joseph Butler's and Neo-Confucianist Wang Yangming's ethical enterprise. It first analyses, within their respective historical context, the two thinkers' overarching worldviews and their seminal conception of conscience / liang-chih as a person's supreme moral guide. The English bishop and the Chinese philosopher-military general are then brought into dialogue by way of a comparing and contrasting of their distinct religious-philosophical traditions. In addition, Butler and Wang will be placed in a hypothetical encounter to explore how they, and by proxy Christianity and Confucianism, would critically appraise each other's spiritual and sociopolitical endeavor. The end purpose of this study is to enhance our perception of the intriguing similarities and complex differences that exist between these two Axial Age civilizations. The author argues that dissonances notwithstanding, Butler and Wang share core values, consonances that could and should set the tone for an amiable Christian-Confucian co-existence.

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Publisher
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Year
2014
ISBN
9783035107463
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Philosophy of Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Chapter 1: Introduction 11
  4. Chapter 2: Bishop Joseph Butler’s Account of the Christian Order and Conception of Conscience 33
  5. Chapter Conclusion 93
  6. Chapter 3: Wang Yang-Ming’s Account of the Confucian Order and Conception of Liang-Chih 97
  7. Chapter 4: Comparing Butler’s Christianity and Wang’s Confucianism 157
  8. Chapter 5: Wang, Butler, and the Contemporary Challenges 215
  9. Bibliography 235