Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors 1. Michael Slote Encounters Chinese Philosophy: An Introduction, Yong Huang 2. Receptivity, Reason, and Responsiveness: From Feeling and Thinking to Action, Karyn Lai 3. Michael Slote on Yin/Yang and Chinese Philosophy, Vincent Shen 4. Slote’s Sentimentalist Theory of the Mind versus A Neo-Confucian Unified Theory of the Mind, JeeLoo Liu 5. Two Paths to One Goal: The Unity of the Heart-Mind in Michael Slote and Wang Yangming, Xinzhong Yao and Yan Zhang 6. Belief, Desire, and Besire: Slote and Wang Yangming on Moral Motivation, Yong Huang 7. The Value of Receptivity and Yin/Yang Clusters for Philosophy, Robin R Wang 8. Empathy, Meaning and Approval in the Mencius and Michael Slote, R.A.H. King 9. Moral Therapy and the Imperative of Empathy: Mencius Encountering Slote, Tao Jiang 10. Slote’s Moral Sentimentalism and Confucian Qing-ism, On-cho Ng 11. Striving for the Impossible: Early Confucians on Perfect Virtue in an Imperfect World, Aaron Stalnaker 12. Virtue Ethics, Symmetry and Confucian Harmonious Appropriation of Self with Others, Qingjie James Wang 13. Replies to Commentators, Michael Slote Index

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Michael Slote and a team of Chinese philosophers critically engage with one another's ideas and reveal the benefits of cross-cultural philosophy.

About the Author

Yong Huang is Professor of Philosophy at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. He served as the President of Association of Chinese Philosophers in America, co-chair of University Seminar on Neo-Confucian Studies at Columbia University, and co-chair of the Confucian Tradition Group of American Academy of Religion. He is the founding editor of Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy and Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy.

Reviews

This book is more a record of lively philosophical activity than a flat presentation of philosophical ideas. It is a remarkable demonstration of cross-cultural dialogue that can hopefully lead to constructive transformations of both sides.
*Peimin Ni, Professor of Philosophy, Grand Valley State University, USA*