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953Tu Wei-Ming and Charles Taylor on Embodied Moral ReasoningPhilosophy, Culture, and Traditions 9 199-216. 2013.This paper compares the idea of embodied reasoning by Confucian Tu Wei-Ming and Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor. They have similar concerns about the problems of secular modernity, that is, the domination of instrumental reason and disembodied rationality. Both of them suggest that we have to explore a kind of embodied moral reasoning. I show that their theories of embodiment have many similarities: the body is an instrument for our moral knowledge and self-understanding; such knowledge is i…Read more
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Transcendent Moral Realism in Charles Taylor and Classical ConfucianismIn Qingsong Shen, João Vila-Chã & Yeping Hu (eds.), Thinking with/for many others: in memory of Vincent Shen (1949-2018), The Council For Research in Values and Philosophy. 2022.
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14Taylor and Rousseau on Republican Freedom and Political FragmentationThe European Legacy 27 (6): 601-616. 2022.Both Rousseau and Charles Taylor are well-known for their support of positive freedom. However, Taylor criticizes Rousseau’s positive freedom and the general will for inducing the worst form of hom...
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12Atomism, Communitarianism, and Confucian FamilismFudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences 15 0. 2022.Charles Taylor criticizes many liberal theories based on a kind of atomism that assumes the individual self-sufficiency outside the polity. This not only causes soft-relativism and political fragmentation but also undermines the solidarity of the community, that is, the very condition of the formation of autonomous citizens. Taylor thus argues for communitarian politics which protects certain cultural common goods for sustaining the solidarity of the community. However, Brenda Lyshaug criticizes…Read more
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15The Tyranny of the Ideal: Justice in a Diverse SocietyPhilosophia Christi 19 (2): 483-488. 2017.
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20Language, Meaning, Morality, and CommunityPhilosophia Christi 19 (1): 217-227. 2017.In this article, I examine and respond to Charles Taylor’s phenomenology of language. Taylor argues for the constitutive theory of language by refuting the designative theory of language. According to Taylor, designative theory fails to grasp the constitutive nature of language which opens up human meanings and values, shapes our emotions, and defines our social footings. Metaphors and symbols convey important insights about human reality through extending our language capacity. By comparing wit…Read more
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19Habermas and Taylor on Religious Reasoning in a Liberal DemocracyThe European Legacy 22 (5): 1-17. 2017.This article compares Habermas’s and Taylor’s approach to the role of religious language in a liberal democracy. It shows that the difference in their approach is not simply in their theories of religious language. The contrast lies deeper, in their incompatible moral theories: Habermas’s universal discourse ethics vs Taylor’s communitarian substantive ethics. I also explore William Rehg’s defence of discourse ethics by conceding that it is based on a metavalue of rational consensus. However, I …Read more
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Huntington, Samuel P. (1927–2008)In James Wright (ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition), Elsevier. pp. 432-437. 2001.Samuel Phillips Huntington was an influential American political scientist. He was also a consultant to various America government agencies. He upholds the idea of conservative realism in politics. His research covers several areas of political science, such as civil-military relations, modernization and political development, comparative politics, and international relations. Regarding the role of military, he argues for autonomous military professionalism. In discussing about modernization of …Read more
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25Tu Weiming (1940- )The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2016.Tu Weiming (pinyin: Du Weiming) is one of the most famous Chinese Confucian thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries. As a prominent member of the third generation of “New Confucians,” Tu stressed the significance of religiosity within Confucianism. Inspired by his teacher Mou Zongsan as well as his decades of study and teaching at Princeton University, the University of California, and Harvard University, Tu aimed to renovate and enhance Confucianism through an encounter with Western (in particu…Read more
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396Philosophy of Tertiary Civic Education in Hong Kong: Formation of Trans-Cultural Political VisionPublic Administration and Policy: An Asia-Pacific Journal 18 (2). 2015.This paper explores the philosophy of tertiary civic education in Hong Kong. It does not only investigate the role of tertiary education that can play in civic education, but also explores the way to achieve the aim of integrating liberal democratic citizenship and collective national identity in the context of persistent conflicts between two different identity politics in Hong Kong: politics of assimilation and politics of difference. As Hong Kong is part of China and is inevitably getting clo…Read more
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219REVIEW: Minding the Modern: Human Agency, Intellectual Traditions, and Responsible Knowledge (review)Philosophia Christi 17 (2): 505-510. 2015.
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1Sandel, Michael (1953–)International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition, Vol. 20. 2015.Michael Sandel, a prominent communitarian philosopher, is famous in his criticism of John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice and his lively teaching skill demonstrated in the Harvard course ‘Justice’. He criticizes Rawls’ liberalism for assuming a notion of an unencumbered self, which is not only in tension with his principles of justice, but also denying the human capability of deep evaluation on moral good thus discouraging the public deliberation of morality. By his historical retrieval, Sandel shows…Read more
Andrew Tsz Wan Hung
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityCollege of Professional and Continuing EducationLecturer
Areas of Specialization
Social and Political Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Religion |
Social and Political Philosophy |