Thesis
Conceptual and comparative formulations of Daoism: An interplay between Daoism and environmental ethics
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2006
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/527
Abstract
There is an increasing trend in current arena of environmental ethics to see what we can borrow from non-Western traditions to remedy environmental crises and enrich environmental thought. Some Eastern-ingrained religions and doctrines have been regarded as theoretical foundations for the proliferation of ecophilosophy. The frequently invoked and so-called "non-Western traditions" encompass Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Confucianism and Islam. This paper is intended to make an explicit and concrete investigation pertaining to Daoist environmental perspectives, concluding that Daoism is capable of offering a consistent and illuminating framework concerning the attitudes for nature in three dimensions of metaphysics, axiology and practice. Moreover, this thesis also makes a comparison between Daoist and traditional Western dominant paradigms so as to acquire a more objective and comprehensive Daoist "environmental thought". This paper argues that we cannot be obsessed with the congruence between Daoism and Ecology merely predicated upon literal meaning and conceptual translation of Daoist texts. Rather, we need to wrestle with Daoist thought from broader contexts to view the interplay between Daoism and environmental ethics.
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- Title
- Conceptual and comparative formulations of Daoism
- Creators
- Xian Liu
- Contributors
- Dan Holbrook (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, School of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525113701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis