Sublating Sinic Relationism

This paper aims to bring into the global ethics debate concrete alternative models of specific relational ethics developed in the context of Sinic traditions that have not yet been widely introduced into Western scholarship or integrated into the framework of global discourses on ethics and moralit...

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Main Author: Jana S. Rošker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2022-09-01
Series:Asian Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/10765
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description This paper aims to bring into the global ethics debate concrete alternative models of specific relational ethics developed in the context of Sinic traditions that have not yet been widely introduced into Western scholarship or integrated into the framework of global discourses on ethics and morality. Although much research has been done on certain elements and aspects of such ethical models, there have been no concrete attempts to incorporate them into a global axiological framework that could have helped humanity develop strategies for solving the current global crises we face. The paper first provides a critical overview of the conceptual history, specific characteristics, and social relevance of relationism. It then addresses the question of how relational ethical models could be integrated into the value system of contemporary global ethics without reproducing the still dominant normativity of Western epistemology and its corresponding axiology. After highlighting some problems related to the methodology and structure of traditional models of comparative philosophy and ethics, the author suggests that this integration of relationism into the general framework of global ethics could be done by applying a new method, which can be tentatively called the method of transcultural philosophical sublation. Starting from different frames of reference that define the basic tenets of modern Western and traditional Chinese axiology, the author demonstrates the application of this method on the example of different conceptions of the human self.
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spelling doaj.art-2515984c82b74b63a26c92ccbc00176c2023-01-18T09:00:42ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Asian Studies2232-51312350-42262022-09-0110310.4312/as.2022.10.3.81-104Sublating Sinic RelationismJana S. Rošker0University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Slovenia This paper aims to bring into the global ethics debate concrete alternative models of specific relational ethics developed in the context of Sinic traditions that have not yet been widely introduced into Western scholarship or integrated into the framework of global discourses on ethics and morality. Although much research has been done on certain elements and aspects of such ethical models, there have been no concrete attempts to incorporate them into a global axiological framework that could have helped humanity develop strategies for solving the current global crises we face. The paper first provides a critical overview of the conceptual history, specific characteristics, and social relevance of relationism. It then addresses the question of how relational ethical models could be integrated into the value system of contemporary global ethics without reproducing the still dominant normativity of Western epistemology and its corresponding axiology. After highlighting some problems related to the methodology and structure of traditional models of comparative philosophy and ethics, the author suggests that this integration of relationism into the general framework of global ethics could be done by applying a new method, which can be tentatively called the method of transcultural philosophical sublation. Starting from different frames of reference that define the basic tenets of modern Western and traditional Chinese axiology, the author demonstrates the application of this method on the example of different conceptions of the human self. https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/10765transcultural ethicsSinic relationismRuismRuist role-ethicspost-compara­tive philosophysublation
spellingShingle Jana S. Rošker
Sublating Sinic Relationism
Asian Studies
transcultural ethics
Sinic relationism
Ruism
Ruist role-ethics
post-compara­tive philosophy
sublation
title Sublating Sinic Relationism
title_full Sublating Sinic Relationism
title_fullStr Sublating Sinic Relationism
title_full_unstemmed Sublating Sinic Relationism
title_short Sublating Sinic Relationism
title_sort sublating sinic relationism
topic transcultural ethics
Sinic relationism
Ruism
Ruist role-ethics
post-compara­tive philosophy
sublation
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/10765
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