Ethics (Watsuji)

Ethics
Author Tetsuro Watsuji
Original title Rinrigaku
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Subject Philosophy
Published 1937
Media type Print

Ethics (Japanese: Rinrigaku) is a work of ethical theory by the Japanese philosopher Tetsuro Watsuji, its three volumes were first published in 1937, 1942, and 1949 respectively.[1]

Summary

Watsuji develops a communitarian ethics in terms of the "betweenness" (aidagara) of persons based on the Japanese notion of self as ningen, whose two characters reveal the double structure of personhood as both individual and social.[1]

Influence

Ethics is the premier work of modern Japanese ethical theory.[1]

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Odin 1999. p. 449.

Bibliography

Books
  • Odin, Steve (1999). Audi, Robert, ed. The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-63722-8.