Daoist political philosophy is a hot point in the study of Chinese philosophy.This paper introduces and comments on Professor Zheng Kai’s new book from four aspects,including the concept of Daoist political philosoph...Daoist political philosophy is a hot point in the study of Chinese philosophy.This paper introduces and comments on Professor Zheng Kai’s new book from four aspects,including the concept of Daoist political philosophy,the political philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi,the political philosophy of Huang Laodao,and the comparison between the political philosophy of Confucianism and Daoism.While speak highly of the systematic integration of the study in Daoist political philosophy,I also point out the shortcomings of this book.展开更多
Edward Bond’s rather controversial play Lear which is saturated with profound dialectical insights marks a critical point of departure in his whole artistic career.Approached from the lens of duality,this paper exami...Edward Bond’s rather controversial play Lear which is saturated with profound dialectical insights marks a critical point of departure in his whole artistic career.Approached from the lens of duality,this paper examines the significant role assumed by duality in Bond’s dramatic creation through three dimensions,namely,the characteristic complexity,the dramatic strategy and the political philosophy.Bond’s illustrative interpretation of duality embodied in the play Lear manifests his bitter critique towards the conventional binary system of value criterion as well as the outmoded social morality,but also adheres consistently to his fundamental artistic principle as a Marxist,that is,to educate his audiences by the means of literature,and,hereby,to effect practical changes in society.展开更多
Weaponized in support of deregulation and self-regulation,“ethics”is increasingly identified with technology companies’self-regulatory efforts and with shallow appearances of ethical behavior.So-called“ethics wash...Weaponized in support of deregulation and self-regulation,“ethics”is increasingly identified with technology companies’self-regulatory efforts and with shallow appearances of ethical behavior.So-called“ethics washing”by tech companies is on the rise,prompting criticism and scrutiny from scholars and the tech community.The author defines“ethics bashing”as the parallel tendency to trivialize ethics and moral philosophy.Underlying these two attitudes are a few misunderstandings:(1)philosophy is understood in opposition and as alternative to law,political representation,and social organizing;(2)philosophy and“ethics”are perceived as formalistic,vulnerable to instrumentalization,and ontologically flawed;and(3)moral reasoning is portrayed as mere“ivory tower”intellectualization of complex problems that need to be dealt with through other methodologies.This article argues that the rhetoric of ethics and morality should not be reductively instrumentalized,either by the industry in the form of“ethics washing”,or by scholars and policy-makers in the form of“ethics bashing”.Grappling with the role of philosophy and ethics requires moving beyond simplification and seeing ethics as a mode of inquiry that facilitates the evaluation of competing tech policy strategies.We must resist reducing moral philosophy’s role and instead must celebrate its special worth as a mode of knowledge-seeking and inquiry.Far from mandating self-regulation,moral philosophy facilitates the scrutiny of various modes of regulation,situating them in legal,political,and economic contexts.Moral philosophy indeed can explainin the relationship between technology and other worthy goals and can situate technology within the human,the social,and the political.展开更多
文摘Daoist political philosophy is a hot point in the study of Chinese philosophy.This paper introduces and comments on Professor Zheng Kai’s new book from four aspects,including the concept of Daoist political philosophy,the political philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi,the political philosophy of Huang Laodao,and the comparison between the political philosophy of Confucianism and Daoism.While speak highly of the systematic integration of the study in Daoist political philosophy,I also point out the shortcomings of this book.
文摘Edward Bond’s rather controversial play Lear which is saturated with profound dialectical insights marks a critical point of departure in his whole artistic career.Approached from the lens of duality,this paper examines the significant role assumed by duality in Bond’s dramatic creation through three dimensions,namely,the characteristic complexity,the dramatic strategy and the political philosophy.Bond’s illustrative interpretation of duality embodied in the play Lear manifests his bitter critique towards the conventional binary system of value criterion as well as the outmoded social morality,but also adheres consistently to his fundamental artistic principle as a Marxist,that is,to educate his audiences by the means of literature,and,hereby,to effect practical changes in society.
文摘Weaponized in support of deregulation and self-regulation,“ethics”is increasingly identified with technology companies’self-regulatory efforts and with shallow appearances of ethical behavior.So-called“ethics washing”by tech companies is on the rise,prompting criticism and scrutiny from scholars and the tech community.The author defines“ethics bashing”as the parallel tendency to trivialize ethics and moral philosophy.Underlying these two attitudes are a few misunderstandings:(1)philosophy is understood in opposition and as alternative to law,political representation,and social organizing;(2)philosophy and“ethics”are perceived as formalistic,vulnerable to instrumentalization,and ontologically flawed;and(3)moral reasoning is portrayed as mere“ivory tower”intellectualization of complex problems that need to be dealt with through other methodologies.This article argues that the rhetoric of ethics and morality should not be reductively instrumentalized,either by the industry in the form of“ethics washing”,or by scholars and policy-makers in the form of“ethics bashing”.Grappling with the role of philosophy and ethics requires moving beyond simplification and seeing ethics as a mode of inquiry that facilitates the evaluation of competing tech policy strategies.We must resist reducing moral philosophy’s role and instead must celebrate its special worth as a mode of knowledge-seeking and inquiry.Far from mandating self-regulation,moral philosophy facilitates the scrutiny of various modes of regulation,situating them in legal,political,and economic contexts.Moral philosophy indeed can explainin the relationship between technology and other worthy goals and can situate technology within the human,the social,and the political.
