Non‐Theistic Ethics
Non‐Theistic Ethics
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无神论伦理学
DOI:
10.1002/9781118499528.ch5
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发表时间:
2022
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Sevilla‐Liu Anton
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Kusanagi;K. N.;Kanako N. Kusanagi;Kanako N. Kusanagi;Kanako N. Kusanagi;Kanako N. Kusanagi;Kanako N. Kusanagi;Kanako N. Kusanagi;草彅佳奈子;草彅佳奈子;瀬平劉 アントン;Sevilla-Liu Anton;Sevilla‐Liu Anton
What is the meaning of “non‐theistic ethics?” The first part of this entry builds on Franklin Gamwell's distinction between non‐religious and religious approaches to ethics. However, for Gamwell religious ethics is often associated with theism. The second part examines how it is possible to have anon‐theisticreligious ethics. Three strategies that are found in the “philosophy of nothingness” of Japan are explored: the first is transforming subjectivity, a strategy employed in Nishitani Keiji's (1982) interpretation of Zen Buddhism. Second is ethics as absolute mediation, which is exemplified by Tanabe Hajime (1986) in his philosophy of Pure Land Buddhism. Finally, there is communitarian religiosity, as demonstrated in Watsuji Tetsurô's Confucian‐inspired ethics. The third part of the entry ends with a caveat – non‐theistic religionscanlead to ethics, but as Sueki Fumihiko points out, religion is also fundamentally in tension with ethics. The history of religious ethics is also a history of the “trans‐ethical” manifestations of religion.