Zhuangzi: Ways of Wandering the Way

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  • ISBN 9780198889861
  • Weight: 494g
  • Dimensions: 164 x 242mm
  • Publication Date: 02 Jul 2024
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
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Zhuangzi: Ways of Wandering the Way presents a richly detailed, philosophically informed interpretation of the personal and interpersonal ethics found in the Daoist classic Zhuangzi, introducing a unique Daoist approach to ethics focusing on the concept of a way and our capacity for following ways. Zhuangist thought reframes our relation to our social and natural setting while offering a distinctive, intriguing view of dao, agency, and the structure and grounds for action. At the same time, it embodies an ethical and epistemic modesty that rejects the idea of there being any uniquely privileged form of the good life or any authoritatively correct way to interact with others. The Zhuangist dao is inherently plural, provisional, and protean, and we are likely to find a variety of justifiable ways of wandering along it. Any number of these might contribute to a well-lived, fulfilling life, marked by appropriate social interaction, provided it is pursued with adept responsiveness to our circumstances and awareness of our place in the larger scheme of things. The book examines what prominent threads of discourse in the Zhuǎngzǐ have to say about the nature and content of dào, how we might guide our path along dào, the personal training and cultivation involved, and the criteria by which to evaluate our performance. The discussion illustrates how a Zhuangist outlook in metaethics, ethics, moral psychology, and moral epistemology remains relevant to readers today.
Chris Fraser is Vice-Chancellor Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Previously he held the Richard Charles and Esther Yewpick Lee Chair in Chinese Thought and Culture at the University of Toronto and was Professor and Chair in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. He has published widely on Chinese philosophy in the fields of ethics, political philosophy, moral psychology, language and logic, epistemology, and metaphysics. His most recent book is Late Classical Chinese Thought (Oxford, 2023).