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13. The Responsible Society as Social Harmony: Walter G. Muelder’s Communitarian Social Ethics as a Bridge Tradition for Confucian Economics
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Robert Smid
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
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Part I. Interdependence and Relationality
- 1. The Mosaic and the Jigsaw Puzzle: How It All Fits Together 27
- 2. Value, Exchange, and Beyond: Betweenness as Starting Point 49
- 3. Triple Negation: Watsuji Tetsurō on the Sustainability of Ecosystems, Economies, and International Peace 68
- 4. Fouling Our Nest: Is (Environmental) Ethics Impotent against (Bad) Economics? 82
- 5. The Visible and the Invisible: Rethinking Values and Justice from a Buddhist- Postmodern Perspective 109
- 6. “You Ought to Be Ashamed of Yourself !” 125
- 7. Filial Piety and the Traditional Chinese Rural Community: An Alternative Ethical Paradigm for Modern Aging Societies 142
- 8. Doing Justice to Justice: Seeking a More Capacious Conception of Justice from Confucian Role Ethics 157
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Part II: Dynamism and Contextuality
- 9. Moral Equivalents 185
- 10. A Critique of Economic Reason: Between Tradition and Postcoloniality 198
- 11. Economies of Scarcity and Acquisition, Economies of Gift and Thanksgiving: Lessons from Cultural Anthropology 214
- 12. John Dewey, Institutional Economics, and Confucian Democracies 229
- 13. The Responsible Society as Social Harmony: Walter G. Muelder’s Communitarian Social Ethics as a Bridge Tradition for Confucian Economics 241
- 14. Swaraj and Swadeshi: Gandhi and Tagore on Ethics, Development, and Freedom 259
- 15. Economics and Religion or Economics versus Religion: The Concept of an Islamic Economics 272
- 16. Two Challenges to Market Daoism 283
- 17. Buddhist, Western, and Hybrid Perspectives on Liberty Rights and Economic Rights 296
- 18. The Conversation of Justice: Rawls, Sandel, Cavell, and Education for Political Literacy 312
- 19. Social Justice and the Occident 324
- 20. Three-Level Eco-Humanism in Japanese Confucianism: Combining Environmental with Humanist Social Ethics 337
- 21. Economic Growth, Human Well- Being, and the Environment 351
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Part III: Equity and Diversity
- 22. The Moral Necessity of Socialism 377
- 23. Invaluable Justice: Heidegger, Derrida, and Daoism Thinking on Values and Justice 400
- 24. What Is It Like to Be a Moral Being? 418
- 25. What Is the Value of Poverty? A Comparative Analysis of Aristotle’s Politics and Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki 429
- 26. Economic Goods, Common Goods, and the Good Life 441
- 27. On the Justice of Caring Labor: An Alternative Theory of Liberal Egalitarianism to Dworkin’s Luck Egalitarianism 460
- 28. Aging, Equality, and Confucian Selves 483
- 29. Institutional Power Matters: The Role of Institutional Power in International Development 503
- 30. The Value of Diversity: Buddhist Reflections on More Equitably Orienting Global Interdependence 519
- Contributors 539
- Index 551
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. Interdependence and Relationality
- 1. The Mosaic and the Jigsaw Puzzle: How It All Fits Together 27
- 2. Value, Exchange, and Beyond: Betweenness as Starting Point 49
- 3. Triple Negation: Watsuji Tetsurō on the Sustainability of Ecosystems, Economies, and International Peace 68
- 4. Fouling Our Nest: Is (Environmental) Ethics Impotent against (Bad) Economics? 82
- 5. The Visible and the Invisible: Rethinking Values and Justice from a Buddhist- Postmodern Perspective 109
- 6. “You Ought to Be Ashamed of Yourself !” 125
- 7. Filial Piety and the Traditional Chinese Rural Community: An Alternative Ethical Paradigm for Modern Aging Societies 142
- 8. Doing Justice to Justice: Seeking a More Capacious Conception of Justice from Confucian Role Ethics 157
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Part II: Dynamism and Contextuality
- 9. Moral Equivalents 185
- 10. A Critique of Economic Reason: Between Tradition and Postcoloniality 198
- 11. Economies of Scarcity and Acquisition, Economies of Gift and Thanksgiving: Lessons from Cultural Anthropology 214
- 12. John Dewey, Institutional Economics, and Confucian Democracies 229
- 13. The Responsible Society as Social Harmony: Walter G. Muelder’s Communitarian Social Ethics as a Bridge Tradition for Confucian Economics 241
- 14. Swaraj and Swadeshi: Gandhi and Tagore on Ethics, Development, and Freedom 259
- 15. Economics and Religion or Economics versus Religion: The Concept of an Islamic Economics 272
- 16. Two Challenges to Market Daoism 283
- 17. Buddhist, Western, and Hybrid Perspectives on Liberty Rights and Economic Rights 296
- 18. The Conversation of Justice: Rawls, Sandel, Cavell, and Education for Political Literacy 312
- 19. Social Justice and the Occident 324
- 20. Three-Level Eco-Humanism in Japanese Confucianism: Combining Environmental with Humanist Social Ethics 337
- 21. Economic Growth, Human Well- Being, and the Environment 351
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Part III: Equity and Diversity
- 22. The Moral Necessity of Socialism 377
- 23. Invaluable Justice: Heidegger, Derrida, and Daoism Thinking on Values and Justice 400
- 24. What Is It Like to Be a Moral Being? 418
- 25. What Is the Value of Poverty? A Comparative Analysis of Aristotle’s Politics and Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki 429
- 26. Economic Goods, Common Goods, and the Good Life 441
- 27. On the Justice of Caring Labor: An Alternative Theory of Liberal Egalitarianism to Dworkin’s Luck Egalitarianism 460
- 28. Aging, Equality, and Confucian Selves 483
- 29. Institutional Power Matters: The Role of Institutional Power in International Development 503
- 30. The Value of Diversity: Buddhist Reflections on More Equitably Orienting Global Interdependence 519
- Contributors 539
- Index 551