Ethics in the Zhuangzi: Dialogues on the State of the Field [Hardcover]

This book delves into a broad range of hitherto unresolved issues related to Zhuangzis ethics, which include, but are not limited to, the fundamental question of whether Zhuangzi should be regarded as a moralist in the ordinary sense and what Zhuangzis views on topics such as equality, moral relativism, good life, intersubjective relations, and social harmony really are. The twelve contributors to this book deliberate on these issues in six debates centering on recent influential publications in the field. In each debate, the relevant publications will be first challenged by their critic and then defended by their author, through which different and competing interpretations of Zhuangzis ethical themes will directly confront each other. These author-meets-critic debates will not only reflect what is currently at stake in discussing Zhuangzis ethics but also engage and enrich the state of the field today. This volume serves as a good companion to scholars, as well as graduate-level students, who are interested in gaining philosophical and ethical insights from Zhuangzi and Chinese philosophy in general.

1 Introduction.- 2 How is Zhuangzi not a Relativist? A Critique of David Wongs Interpretation of Zhuangzi as a Pluralistic Relativist.- 3 The Open Text of the Zhuangzi.- 4 Zhuangzis Difference Stories and Patient Moral Relativism.- 5 Difference Stories and Patient Moral Relativism in the Zhuangzi: 
A Response to Waldemar Brys.- 6 Ethics and Normativity in Zhuangzi: A Commentary on Jung Lees Ethics of Attunement.- 7 The Art of the Way: Toward a Dao-Centered Ethics in the Zhuangzi.- 8 A Zhuangzi Who Is Attentive to the World of Man: Rethinking Zhuangzis Ethics in the Light of Eske M?llgaards Interpretation.- 9 Zhuangzi, the Criminals, and Kant.- 10 The Limit of the Skill Paradigm: A Critique on Chris Frasers ethics of dao andl³o