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The Global Ethics of Emotions – What Ancient Chinese Philosophies Can Teach Us

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Halvor Eifring
Halvor Eifring*
Affiliation:
University of Oslo, Norway
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Halvor Eifring, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, Postboks 1010, Blindern, 0315 Oslo, Norway. Email: Halvor.Eifring@ikos.uio.no
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Abstract

This article explores what ancient Chinese philosophies can teach us about understanding emotions and relating to them. It posits that emotions are fundamental and connected to everything in the universe, that much of their value lies in their sincerity, that they need to be cultivated to avoid excess and imbalance, and that, like everything else, they are permeated by a cosmic force that is at once transcendent and immanent.

Keywords

emotionsethicscorrelative thinkingself cultivationtranscendence
Type
Articles
Information
Diogenes , Volume 64 , Issue 1-2: Global Ethics , February 2017 , pp. 29 - 33
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Copyright © ICPHS 2022

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