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Applying Amesian EthicsIn Ian M. Sullivan & Joshua Mason (eds.), One corner of the square: essays on the philosophy of Roger T. Ames, University of Hawaiʻi Press. 2021.
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7Ricoeur and Cheng’s Parallel Reconciliations of the Right and the GoodJournal of Chinese Philosophy 48 (4): 427-440. 2021.Drawing on Paul Ricoeur’s “little ethics” and Chung-ying Cheng’s work on Confucian and Kantian ethics, this essay reinforces the broad outlines of a cross- cultural framework for reconciling conflicts between the good and the right, teleology and deontology, and perfectionism and liberalism so that we can recognize dynamic concerns across the grand sweep of moral life. Ricoeur and Cheng describe roughly parallel sets of relations and highlight similar dynamics among three planes of ethical life.
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The Development of the Amesian Methodology for Comparative PhilosophyIn Ian M. Sullivan & Joshua Mason (eds.), One corner of the square: essays on the philosophy of Roger T. Ames, University of Hawaiʻi Press. 2021.
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14One corner of the square: essays on the philosophy of Roger T. Ames (edited book)University of Hawaiʻi Press. 2021.In a historical moment when cross-cultural communication proves both necessary and difficult, the work of comparative philosophy is timely. Philosophical resources for building a shared future marked by vitality and collaborative meaning-making are in high demand. Taking note of the present global philosophical situation, this collection of essays critically engages the scholarship of Roger T. Ames, who for decades has had a central role in the evolution of comparative and nonwestern philosophy.…Read more
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15The Hermeneutic Truth of Chinese Philosophy's Conceptual MetaphorsPhilosophy East and West 72 (3): 780-800. 2022.Abstract:This article applies hermeneutics and conceptual metaphor theory to the cross-cultural encounter with China's philosophical metaphors. Philosophical hermeneutics draws attention to the fore-structures of understanding and the traditional horizons that condition interpretations of the world, and to a notion of truth as transformative experience. Conceptual metaphor theory draws attention to the ubiquity of cognitive metaphors as structures of anticipation and sources of meaning. Together…Read more
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2Justice and Harmony: Cross-Cultural Ideals in Conflict and CooperationLexington Books. 2022.Justice and harmony typically stand as opposing ideals of liberal and communitarian philosophies. Joshua Mason argues that engaging their Chinese counterparts, zhengyi and hexie, through cross-cultural hermeneutics reveals a pattern of interrelated concerns that can overcome this binary opposition and reconcile these global values.
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Joshua Mason
West Chester University Of Pennsylvania
Loyola Marymount University
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West Chester University Of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Philosophy, West Chester University of PennsylvaniaAssistant Professor
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Westchester, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Asian Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Meta-Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Asian Philosophy |