Chinese Thought: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science - Part 2

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  • 5 Sequences
  • Introductive Level
  • Starts on October 14, 2019
  • Ends on January 28, 2022

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Syllabus

  • Later developments in Confucianism and Daoism
  • Legalism and the origins of the imperial Chinese state
  • How to analyze philosophical and religious arguments and debates
  • Alternative models of ethics, the self, and the individual-society relationship
  • The universality and contemporary relevance of basic ethical dilemmas
  • The power of spontaneity, and the tensions involved in attaining it
  • Religion or spirituality and the role of meaning in human well-being

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None.

Instructors

Edward Slingerland
Distinguished University Scholar
University of British Columbia

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