The Rutgers University Department of Philosophy has produced summaries of the presentations and discussion from the 7th Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy (RWCP), “An International Conference on Moral Conflict in Early Chinese Philosophy.” The summaries were produced by the workshop’s rapporteurs, Frederick Choo and Esther Goh, who are doctoral candidates at Rutgers University Department of Philosophy. Please find the summaries in this document.
Warp, Weft, and Way
Chinese and Comparative Philosophy 中國哲學與比較哲學
Very nice! “Zhao… argues that Zhuangzi takes Confucian values as generic affordances rather than as constraints. Constraints function as boundaries and have negative regulatory function. The agent needs to navigate within the restrictions. In contrast, taking an affordance perspective means that the Confucian values are enabling conditions that make certain actions possible. They are positive structures that opens up possibilities for action. This framing emphasizes potential, opportunity, and enablement. So, rather than navigating around restrictions, values are seen as part of an inherent landscape of possibilities that life offers.”