Putting Confucian Ethics to the Test: The Role of Empirical Inquiry in Comparative Ethics

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 666-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin M. Cline
Keyword(s):  
Confucian Ethics ◽  
Comparative Ethics ◽  
Empirical Inquiry

Song Selection in German Protestant Churches and Free Churches: Insights and Challenges from an Empirical Inquiry

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-82
Author(s):  
Daniel Dangendorf
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Empirical Inquiry ◽  
Protestant Churches ◽  
Practical Theological

This practical-theological research paper presents the main results of a grounded theory inquiry into the criteria for song selection among pastors, musicians and liturgists in German Protestant Churches and Free Churches. It argues that, in contrast to some current practical manuals, practitioners focus less on systematic rational assessment of songs, but make decisions in the process of song selection habitually, interacting with others involved in the process and negotiating manifold social, theological and musical criteria. It is necessary to distinguish the particular capabilities of pastors, liturgists and musicians, who each approach the process of song selection from different angles. Interpreting those results in dialogue with Christopher Small’s musicking theory and James K.A. Smith’s reflections on the role of habitus in liturgy, the paper closes with a plea to reconsider current forms of practical-theological guidance on song selection.

Critical Role of Emotions in Media Events

2016 ◽  
pp. 179-195
Author(s):  
Monika Verbalytė
Keyword(s):  
Critical Role ◽  
Theoretical Argument ◽  
Empirical Inquiry ◽  
Media Events ◽  
Specific Emotion ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Sociology Of Emotion ◽  
Media Event

This contribution relates recent theoretizations of media events with the emotion theory in order to get a better picture of what role emotions play in these events. Critical view toward media events helps to understand the limitations of the claims made by those who established this concept 30 years ago: Rather than instances magically integrating society, media events are seen as struggles over the meaning in the contested media field where by far not every winning meaning enhances societal integration. Additionally, psychology and sociology of emotion gives a necessary foundation for the concise theory of emotions in the media events and guides the empirical inquiry into the subject by suggesting that research should focus on the arousing rhetoric as well as narratives interpreting this arousal and turning it into the specific emotion. The analyzed media event – political scandal – very well exemplifies the theoretical argument made in regard to media events, demonstrates the power of emotions in establishing particular versions of reality and illustrates what I call the recursive logic of media events: the fact that their meaning is established at the very end of their occurrence, whereas their event-ness is implied at the beginning with the intensive arousal attracting everyone's attention.

Critical Role of Emotions in Media Events

2016 ◽  
pp. 41-58
Author(s):  
Monika Verbalytė
Keyword(s):  
Critical Role ◽  
Theoretical Argument ◽  
Empirical Inquiry ◽  
Media Events ◽  
Specific Emotion ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Sociology Of Emotion ◽  
Media Event

This contribution relates recent theoretizations of media events with the emotion theory in order to get a better picture of what role emotions play in these events. Critical view toward media events helps to understand the limitations of the claims made by those who established this concept 30 years ago: Rather than instances magically integrating society, media events are seen as struggles over the meaning in the contested media field where by far not every winning meaning enhances societal integration. Additionally, psychology and sociology of emotion gives a necessary foundation for the concise theory of emotions in the media events and guides the empirical inquiry into the subject by suggesting that research should focus on the arousing rhetoric as well as narratives interpreting this arousal and turning it into the specific emotion. The analyzed media event – political scandal – very well exemplifies the theoretical argument made in regard to media events, demonstrates the power of emotions in establishing particular versions of reality and illustrates what I call the recursive logic of media events: the fact that their meaning is established at the very end of their occurrence, whereas their event-ness is implied at the beginning with the intensive arousal attracting everyone's attention.

FEATURES OF MEDIATION IN CHINA

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasiia Saulevych ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Confucian Ethics ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Labor Disputes ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Trade Promotion ◽  
Constituent Elements ◽  
The Given

The article examines the institute of mediation in the People's Republic of China. The reasons for the widespread mediation procedure in China are outlined. The influence of Confucian ethics and Taoist practice on the mediation procedure in China is analyzed, its constituent elements are determined. The organizational and legal bases of functioning of mediation in the given country are investigated, the legal status of mediators in labor disputes, national conciliation commissions, national mediators is outlined. The main normative legal acts of the People's Republic of China regulating the mediation procedure are analyzed. Types of mediation in China are identified: mediation in labor disputes, public mediation, judicial mediation, administrative mediation, legal mediation, commercial mediation. The peculiarities of the mediation procedure, the defining principles of mediation, the rights and obligations of the parties, the role of the mediator in the dispute resolution procedure are described. The types of judicial mediation and the main ways of interaction of courts with mediation organizations are indicated. The main mediation organizations in China (Mediation Center of the China Council for International Trade Promotion, Hong Kong Mediation and Mediation Center) are considered. The peculiarities of concluding and executing agreements based on the results of mediation, the possibility of approving the agreement by the people's court are studied. The role of the Singapore Convention in the development of the institution of mediation in China is determined. The main online mediation platforms are analyzed, the current number of mediation organizations and mediators in China is determined. Prospective directions of improving the institution of mediation in China are proposed, in particular, reorientation of emphasis during the mediation procedure on the rights and interests of the parties, professionalization of mediation, facilitation of cooperation between courts and mediation organizations, improvement of mediation legislation, further active introduction of modern technologies.

Refining the Structure and Revisiting the Relevant Jurisdiction of Crimes against Humanity

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 245-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Zysset
Keyword(s):  
International Criminal ◽  
The State ◽  
Crimes Against Humanity ◽  
Criminal Courts ◽  
Empirical Inquiry ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
Joseph Raz ◽  
The Waves

In this article, I test predominant normative approaches to CAH against the notion’s deployment in law. Embarking on this cross-disciplinary project is needed because those the predominant literature fail to address (or were just articulated before) the waves of cases brought before international criminal courts throughout the last decade. I start by examining how international criminal courts have specified the core elements of the definition and then assessifandhowthe predominant philosophical literature can account for it. I then argue that this legal-empirical inquiry leads to both refining the structure and revisiting the relevant jurisdiction of CAH.As far as structure is concerned, I distinguish a third but neglected element in the structure of CAH, which I identify as thepreparatory conditions of the crimes(the ‘PCs’). In relying on Joseph Raz’ concept of authority, I argue that reconstructing the PCs help to specify what it is about states that those crimes deeply pervert. While the PCs strikingly mirror the systematic and pre-emptive role of the state, those patterns are established to massively persecute, terrorize and finally odiously attack. As far as jurisdiction is concerned, I infer that the agent of CAH and the state in which those crimes occur become ‘answerable’ to the normative community of responsible states (following Anthony Duff’s accountability model). By establishing international trials, this normative community does justice not only to the victims by proving the crimes but also to the perpetrators by treating them as responsible members.

scholarly journals La posición de la mujer en la historia intelectual china: visiones retrospectivas para el valor de la ética confuciana en el discurso feminista chino / The Position of Women in Chinese Intelectual History: Retrospective Views about the Value of Confucian Ethics for a Chinese Feminist Discourse

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesar Guarde-Paz
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Philosophy ◽  
Confucian Ethics ◽  
Imperial Period ◽  
Feminist Discourse ◽  
Classical Chinese ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
The Analects

ABSTRACTThis paper has the purpose of analyzing, through Confucian texts and its interpreters, the position of women in Classical Chinese Philosophy. First, it will be examine how the role of women in society was understood in the “Analects”, the ritual texts, the “Classic of Poetry” and the works of Mencius. Likewise, research will focus on how these passages, usually very short to offer a clear and unambiguous answer, have been treated by the Confucian interpreters, from Antiquity to the end of the Imperial Period. A thoughtful review will show that, although Confucianism did never develop a Philosophy of Gender and did not bother too much with this question, Confucian philosophers and interpreters were able to successfully challenge the “concience collective” and stress women’s position in history and society. Finally, through a brief comparative acknowledgment of what Classical Greek Philosophers had to say about women, we will conclude with some observations regarding the role of Confucianism in modern Asian societies and its relevance for the development of an indigenous feminist discourse.RESUMENEl presente artículo tiene como objetivo mostrar, a través de los textos confucianos y de sus intérpretes, cuál ha sido la posición de la mujer en la filosofía china clásica. Se analizará el papel que en las Analectas de Confucio, en los textos rituales, en el “Clásico de Poesía” y en Mencio juega la mujer, así como las interpretaciones que sobre estos pasajes, en ocasiones demasiado escuetos para posicionarse claramente sobre ellos, han realizado los comentaristas, desde la Antigüedad hasta finales de la Época Imperial. Un examen atento mostrará que el confucianismo, a pesar de no preocuparse excesivamente de la cuestión, supo desafiar la “concience collective” y resaltar el papel de la mujer en la historia y en la sociedad. Finalmente, a través de una breve comparación con lo que la filosofía clásica occidental tiene que decir sobre la cuestión del género, se concluirá con unas observaciones sobre el papel del confucianismo en las sociedades modernas asiáticas y su relevancia para la formación de un discurso feminista autóctono.

scholarly journals 《家道與齊家工夫》書後

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-91
Author(s):  
Wenming TANG
Keyword(s):  
Filial Piety ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Confucian Ethics ◽  
Intergenerational Relationship ◽  
Public Interests ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Digital Commons ◽  
The Family ◽  
Private And Public

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract in English only.Professor Ni’s essay on the role of the family provides insights into Confucian ethics. Here I indicate four points. First, the proper approach to understanding Confucian ethics is through virtue theory, not deontology. Second, filial piety can be used as the pretext for grabbing egoism. Third, filial piety entails an equilibrium between private and public interests. Fourth, the reconstruction of the three cardinal guides is necessary in modern society. I also point out two problems with the essay. First, the Confucian idea of marriage is based on the intergenerational relationship between parents and children, not romantic love between a man and a woman. Second, in practice, the strategy is important but the principle is fundamental.DOWNLOAD HISTORY | This article has been downloaded 44 times in Digital Commons before migrating into this platform.

scholarly journals Scarperation : an empirical inquiry into the role of scarcity in fostering cooperation between international river riparians

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradeep Kurukulasuriya ◽  
Ariel Dinar ◽  
Shlomi Dinar
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Inquiry ◽  
International River
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