Michael Slote Encountering Chinese Philosophy

Michael Slote is one of the most prominent philosophers working in the discipline today. By creating a two-way dialogue between philosophers specializing in Chinese philosophy and a central thinker from the Anglo-American tradition this volume brings cross-cultural philosophy to life.<br/><br/>From his early contributions in ethics metaethics philosophy of mind moral psychology and epistemology to his recent investigations into the relationship between Western philosophy and Chinese philosophy an international team of scholars of Chinese philosophy cover Slote's sentimentalism his understanding of Chinese concepts <i>Yin</i>and <i>Yang</i> and explores the role Early Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism can play in his work. <br/><br/>Each chapter extends Slote's ideas by considering them from a Chinese philosophical perspective and Slote is given the opportunity to respond to each of the contributors' interpretation of his work. Applied to Classical works such as the <i>Zhuangzi</i> and the <i>Yijing</i> his ground-breaking thoughts on morality care ethics and empathy are taken in new exciting directions.