Harmonising with heaven and earth : reciprocal harmony and Xunzi’s environmental ethics

Harmonising with heaven and earth : reciprocal harmony and Xunzi’s environmental ethics

Xunzi’s philosophy provide a rich resource for understanding how ethical relationships between humans and nature can be articulated in terms of harmony. In this paper, I build on his ideas to develop the concept of reciprocal harmony, which requires us to reciprocate those who make our lives liveabl...

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Main Author: Chua, Jonathan Yi
Other Authors: School of Humanities
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
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Humanities::Philosophy
Confucian Ethics
Xunzi
Environmental Ethics
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155968
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1559682023-03-11T20:06:33Z Harmonising with heaven and earth : reciprocal harmony and Xunzi’s environmental ethics Chua, Jonathan Yi School of Humanities Humanities::Philosophy Confucian Ethics Xunzi Environmental Ethics Xunzi’s philosophy provide a rich resource for understanding how ethical relationships between humans and nature can be articulated in terms of harmony. In this paper, I build on his ideas to develop the concept of reciprocal harmony, which requires us to reciprocate those who make our lives liveable. In the context of the environment, I argue that reciprocal harmony generates moral obligations towards nature, in return for the existential debt that humanity owes towards heaven and earth. This can be used as a normative basis for an environmental ethic that enables humanity and nature to flourish together. Submitted/Accepted version 2022-03-28T00:22:20Z 2022-03-28T00:22:20Z 2022 Journal Article Chua, J. Y. (2022). Harmonising with heaven and earth : reciprocal harmony and Xunzi’s environmental ethics. Environmental Values. https://dx.doi.org/10.3197/096327122X16386102423985 0963-2719 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155968 10.3197/096327122X16386102423985 en Environmental Values © 2022 White Horse Press. All rights reserved. This paper was published in Environmental Values and is made available with permission of White Horse Press. application/pdf
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Singapore
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topic Humanities::Philosophy
Confucian Ethics
Xunzi
Environmental Ethics
spellingShingle Humanities::Philosophy
Confucian Ethics
Xunzi
Environmental Ethics
Chua, Jonathan Yi
Harmonising with heaven and earth : reciprocal harmony and Xunzi’s environmental ethics
description Xunzi’s philosophy provide a rich resource for understanding how ethical relationships between humans and nature can be articulated in terms of harmony. In this paper, I build on his ideas to develop the concept of reciprocal harmony, which requires us to reciprocate those who make our lives liveable. In the context of the environment, I argue that reciprocal harmony generates moral obligations towards nature, in return for the existential debt that humanity owes towards heaven and earth. This can be used as a normative basis for an environmental ethic that enables humanity and nature to flourish together.
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Chua, Jonathan Yi
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title Harmonising with heaven and earth : reciprocal harmony and Xunzi’s environmental ethics
title_short Harmonising with heaven and earth : reciprocal harmony and Xunzi’s environmental ethics
title_full Harmonising with heaven and earth : reciprocal harmony and Xunzi’s environmental ethics
title_fullStr Harmonising with heaven and earth : reciprocal harmony and Xunzi’s environmental ethics
title_full_unstemmed Harmonising with heaven and earth : reciprocal harmony and Xunzi’s environmental ethics
title_sort harmonising with heaven and earth : reciprocal harmony and xunzi’s environmental ethics
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