scholarly journals The Buddhist Interpretation of the Confucianist Concept of Family

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2021/1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Imre Hamar
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Moral Obligations ◽  
Value System ◽  
Proper Functioning ◽  
Buddhist Practice

Filial piety is one of the cardinal moral values in Confucianism, and has become a keystone in the Chinese social value system, describing and prescribing the proper functioning of human communities at micro (family) and macro (state) levels. The introduction of Buddhism, which advocates that only those who live in celibacy pursuing the career of a monk can easily have access to the highest truth, challenged the uniformly accepted moral obligations of Confucianism, and initiated a dialogue, sometimes a debate, with the Chinese literati on the differences and similarities of Buddhist and Confucianist ethics. This article offers an insight on how Chinese adepts of Buddhism made efforts to prove not only that filial piety is a requirement for all practitioners of Buddhism as a kind of concession in a social environment where filial piety is a representation of virtuous human existence, but also, by forging Indian scriptures on filial piety and visualisation and commenting on Indian scriptures, that this lies at the centre of Buddhist practice.

scholarly journals PHILOSOPHY, LANGUAGE AND MALAY THOUGHT IN THE LYRICS BANGAU OH BANGAU AND BURUNG KENEK-KENEK

2019 ◽  
pp. 14-26
Author(s):  
Farra Humairah Mohd ◽  
Nordiana Hamzah ◽  
Hasrina Baharum
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Folk Songs ◽  
Analysis Method

The Malay mind is explicitly and implicitly expressed in the works of Malay literature. The thinking in the lyrics of folk songs, in particular, those of “Bangau Oh Bangau” and “Burung Kenek-Kenek”, give emphasis to social and moral values as well as the role of custom in community lives. These songs draw attention to the Malay philosophy that is related to metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, logic and aesthetic through their interaction with nature as well as the surrounding plant and animal kingdoms. This study aims to identify the philosophy, language and thinking in the lyrics of “Bangau Oh Bangau” and “Burung Kenek-Kenek” by employing the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. The quantitative method employed in the present study is the text analysis method. The study has identified four Malay philosophy and thinking in “Bangau Oh Bangau”: sarcasm with regard to the culture of shifting the blame, sarcasm concerning the indifferent attitude of the society, sincerity in action or planning, and philosophy or principle of life. The philosophy and thinking in the lyrics for “Burung Kenek-kenek” encourage one to strive for piousness, filial piety and noble character (humility). The study has also shown the link between philosophy, language, and thoughts in the lyrics of Malay songs, in particular, “Bangau Oh Bangau” and “Burung Kenek-Kenek”, as stated in the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. In summary, analysis of the lyrics of “Bangau Oh Bangau” and “Burung Kenek-Kenek” has brought into the open the superiority of Malay thinking and creativity in composing the lyrics of Malay songs that are inspired by nature.

The value aspect of human development in Russia

2021 ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Eduard Sobolev
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequality ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Human Potential ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Value System ◽  
National Human

The article examines how the moral values inherent to human-oriented economy are being shaped in actual Russian society. For this purpose, the author analyzes the peculiarities and contradictions of the value aspect that were characteristic of the national human potential during the Soviet period as compared to the values of modern Russians.  An assessment is made of feasibility and prospects for partial regeneration of the Soviet value system including non-acquisitiveness, disapproval of social inequality, respect for education, and striving for challenging job.

scholarly journals From Traditional to Transnational: The Chung Family History as a Case Example

Genealogy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Liu
Keyword(s):  
Family History ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Chinese Families ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
Family Tradition ◽  
Inheritance System ◽  
Harmonious Family

A harmonious family of three generations living under one roof is often an assumed image of a Chinese traditional family. In reality, few Chinese families resemble this image. My article uses the Chung family history to illustrate how a family in rural Guangdong, South China, experienced a fast social ascent or descent in one generation. Its history reveals many aspects of Chinese family tradition, such as filial piety, equal inheritance system among sons, or education as an important family agenda. The rise and fall of this family also helps us understand the competitive social environment of Guangdong that sent hundreds of thousand immigrants overseas in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century. When some members of the Chung family migrated overseas, other members followed. The Chung lineage, similar to numerous Cantonese immigrant families in America, became transnational in culture.

Study on the Architectural Heritage Value from the View of Cultural Economics

2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 6489-6493
Author(s):  
Min Liu ◽  
Nobuo Aoki ◽  
Su Bin Xu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Cultural Economics ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
Urbanization Process ◽  
Value System ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Third ◽  
Heritage Protection

At present, in terms of the architectural heritage protection, the rapid development of Chinese economics and the accelerating urbanization process have caused a great deal of "constructive destructions" to the architectural heritage and have accelerated its demise. In order to change the situation and to deepen the people's understanding to the value of the architectural heritage, the paper will make further analysis and research on the culture value and economics value from the view of cultural economics and then give the architectural heritage the third-largest value -- social value. The ultimate goal is to establish the architectural heritage value system so as to promote the protection and the sustainable development of the architectural heritage.

scholarly journals AKTUALISASI FALSAFAH KALAM DALAM KONTEKS KEKINIAN

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Kholil
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Social Harmony ◽  
Islamic Theology ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Religious Doctrine ◽  
Good Deeds

<p>Islamic theology, as one cluster of Islamic knowledge is a product of thought in certain cultural social environment. Therefore, everything related to it is no longer appropriate today. The knowledge gives so it can solve life's problems that start to threaten human existence, practice, good deeds, a substantive meaning to the religious doctrine and social harmony. The knowledge such as Islamic knowledge, philosophy, and theology must have been oriented to humanity problems. They are already completed with natural phenomena, social and cultures which have been always develop. We hope that Islamic studies won't miss actuality which has been released from humanity dimensions.</p>

scholarly journals Natality. A theological approach to an anthropological basic concept in the context of bioethics

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 468-487
Author(s):  
UHJ K
Keyword(s):  
Medical Ethics ◽  
Basic Concept ◽  
Hannah Arendt ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Political Control ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Medical Technologies

In the controversy about the introduction of new biotechnological and medical technologies, their judicial regulation and political control, not only so-called moral values are discussed but ultimately also religious credos. By the example of natality it will be shown what theology can contribute to the clarification of basic categories of anthropology, which are crucial for medical ethics. The term “natality” (“Geburtlichkeit”) derives from the philosopher Hannah Arendt. In terms of the human finiteness, attention is usually turned to the mortality of the human being. Yet what does it mean for human existence that we are born? What role does this factor play with regard to concrete problems in medical ethics, and which perspectives can theology contribute in terms of their solution?

scholarly journals Lack of shame and deception in sport

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Jovo Radoš
Keyword(s):  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Fair Play ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Sports Performance ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
Christian Morality ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Performance Enhancing Drugs

The subject of this paper is a brief review of a worldwide decreasing and loosing of moral values and moral norms in any field of human existence and in sport as well. In this regard, shame as an ethical category representing one of the supporting pillars of theological moral is almost disappearing from sports practice and sport competitions. We are witnessing common deception in sport (the use of performance-enhancing drugs, match-fixing, referee bias) which is degrading the traditional Olympic spirit and purity of sports performance and sporting events. Though there have been attempts to prevent those negative tendencies through generalisation and promotion of the fair play code of conduct (in order to level various codes of various societies and groups), its practical use is still far from what is expected. A return to already approved values of Christian morality avoiding anything that is dishonourable, shameless and impermanent is highlighted in the paper.

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