Moral Education and the Ethics of Self-Cultivation: Chinese and Western Perspectives (1st ed. 2021) (East-West Dialogues in Educational Philosophy and Theory)

By: Michael A. Peters and Tina Besley and Huajun Zhang

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Synopsis: Educational philosophies of self-cultivation as the cultural foundation and philosophical ethos for education have strong and historically effective traditions stretching back to antiquity in the classical ‘cradle’ civilizations of China and East Asia, India and Pakistan, Greece and Anatolia, focused on the cultural traditions in Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism in the East and Hellenistic philosophy in the West. This volume in East-West dialogues in philosophy of education examines both Confucian and Western classical traditions revealing that although each provides its own distinct figure of the virtuous person, they are remarkably similar in their conception and emphasis on moral self-cultivation as a practical answer to how humans become virtuous. The collection also examines self-cultivation in Japanese traditions and also the nature of Michel Foucault’s work in relation to ethical and aesthetic ideals of Hellenistic self-cultivation.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9789811380273
Related ISBNs:: 9789811380266
Publisher:: Springer Singapore, Singapore
Date of Addition:: 08/31/21
Copyrighted By:: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Education, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Michael A. Peters
Edited by:: Tina Besley
Edited by:: Huajun Zhang