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Ⅰ.Introduction In the last chapter,we have treated the Cheng brothers’ ethics as a virtue ethics. One of the important features of virtue ethics that we have so far not paid attention to,however,is its emphasis on particularity.In virtue ethics,as stated by Rosalind Hursthouse,"an action is right iff it is what a virtuous agent would characteristically
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Ⅰ. A person acts rationally if her actions appear to make sense with respect to her aims.Actions make sense with respect to a person’s aims if they seem to be appropriate means for achieving those aims. These two propositions constitute the core of the predominant western view on practical rationality.It is commonly known as the rational choice paradigm,an out-
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Ⅰ.The Characteristics of Chinese Traditional Thought Chinese traditional culture and thought,which germinated in remote antiquity, laid foundation in 11 century BC and reached its peak in 6-3 century BC,had made a great contribution to the development of Chinese nation in thousands of years.But since Opium War which happened one and half century ago,it has been wrongly trea-
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In my essay,I try to show that pre-Qin秦rujia儒家formulated valuable elements of a valid and important theory of criticism conducive to ideas of humaneness, and that this applies especially to the Book of Xunzi荀子.I argue that the validity and importance result from fulfilling e.g.the following criteria: i.Criticism should refer to and deal with sufficiently important topics,questions and problems(i.e.,the dao道) and not be carping, ii.it should be objective,logically consistent and based on human experience, iii.well founded and convincing, iV.expressed clearly and in accord with established language conventions, V.honest,expressing real interest in the welfare of the criticized,combined with tolerance,without any arrogance,and put forward in a becoming way.