Reason and Insight: Western and Eastern Perspectives on the Pursuit of Moral Wisdom

by Robin Wang and Timothy Shanahan

Book Overview

This combination text and reader covers the most influential moral traditions of Western and Eastern cultures. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534505996
• ISBN13: 9780534505998
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Ethics book

I actually used this as a college textbook for my upperdivision Ethics class. I thought it would be very dense and boring, but to the contrary. It is organized in 2 parts, Eastern and Western, and in each part, different views are discussed. For example, the Taoism (or Daoism) chapter discusses the major themes and principles, as well as describes how it differs from Confucianism. It is followed by actual text from Lao Tzu, the founder of Daoism. The Western part is the same, mentioning Aristotle, Plato, as well as modern thinkers like Kant. I think this book was perfect in giving information about the thinker/mode of thought in both Eastern and Western thought. I actually kept mine because I think it makes a great reference book, and is easily readable.