Harmonising with Heaven and Earth: Reciprocal Harmony and Xunzi's Environmental Ethics

Chua, Yi Jonathan

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“…As a rule, naturalistic explanations suggest the lack of ethically meaningful relationship between Human, Heaven, and Earth (Chua, 2022). However, within the Chinese tradition, harmony was the main forming principle.…”

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Philosophy and Intercultural Communication: The Phenomenon of a Human Being in the Confucian Tradition

Danylova

2023

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Purpose. This paper aims to investigate the phenomenon of a human being within the Confucian tradition as well as its interpretations from intercultural perspective. Theoretical basis. One of the ways to understand the deepest level of the intercultural dialogue is to reveal the interpretations of a human being in philosophical traditions, since they refer to the formation of personality and identity within a given culture including interpersonal, intergroup, and intercultural relations. Humanism based on the unity of Human and Heaven runs like a red thread through the philosophical teachings of Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, Zhu Xi, Wang Yangming defining the ideas of human nature, his/her duties, his/her place and roles in society that shaped the Chinese mentality. Originality. Quite often, Chinese concepts (for example, human dignity beyond the ideas of democracy and mass political participation, guanxi, mianzi) are incomprehensible to the representatives of the Western civilization, which leads to the challenges in intercultural communication. The interpretation of these ideas in the context of Confucianism allows to understand them from the perspective of Others and expand the set of patterns of cultural perception. This ultimately leads to the awareness that there are many social, political, cultural realities, which we perceive through the lens of our own concepts and attitudes. The participants of an intercultural dialogue realize that each of them has a unique experience, own way of posing a problem and resolving it, and no one is better or worse. Conclusions. Confucian philosophy shaped the worldview of Chinese people, defined values, goals, meanings, attitudes, communication models, which affected all spheres of Chinese life and culture. The study of the philosophical heritage of the great Chinese civilization enhances the cultural competence of the intercultural communicators and expands the field of dialogue to the level of global communication.

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Philosophy and Intercultural Communication: The Phenomenon of a Human Being in the Confucian Tradition

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2023

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“…Just as grammar describes and prescribes appropriate linguistic expression, rituals constitute a framework that describes the typical behaviour of members of a community and prescribes normative standards of conduct that they ought to aspire to. Xunzi, in particular, adopts an especially broad conception of ritual that encompasses the division of labour within different organisations as well as the distribution of the privileges, roles and responsibilities across society (see Hutton 2014;Chua 2022). For the purposes of this thesis, rituals will be defined as practices that normatively prescribe responsibilities, roles and standards of behaviour that practitioners ought to adhere to, thereby encouraging them to habitually express ethical values.…”

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Confucian political theory and the problem of moral luck: in defence of holistic sufficientarianism

Chua

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administrative staff at the School of Humanities, namely, Qiao En, Ivy, Christina, and Daniel, whose peerless work has helped me in so many ways to grapple with the challenges of studying and teaching at the university. Additionally, I am grateful to the Nanyang Confucian Association, which has granted me a scholarship award as part of their efforts to encourage young scholars working within the field of Chinese philosophy.Finally, I would like to extend my deepest thanks to my family who always believed in me and supported my academic dreams, even in times when I did not believe in myself. My parents have both made an incredibly positive impact on my life and shaped me as a person. Additionally, without the daily support and understanding shown by my mother-in-law and Wong Jit Nung, the process of writing the thesis would have been far more difficult. And to my wife and daughter, Wong Sun Leng and Chua Yuemin, thank you both for being present in my life, and for inspiring me to be a better husband, father, and human being.

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The values of biological diversity: A perspective from China

Yang,

Song,

Huang

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Biological Conservation

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Harmonising with Heaven and Earth: Reciprocal Harmony and Xunzi's Environmental Ethics

Cited by 10 publications

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Philosophy and Intercultural Communication: The Phenomenon of a Human Being in the Confucian Tradition

Philosophy and Intercultural Communication: The Phenomenon of a Human Being in the Confucian Tradition

Confucian political theory and the problem of moral luck: in defence of holistic sufficientarianism

The values of biological diversity: A perspective from China

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