Moral Agency in Eastern and Western Thought : Perspectives on Crafting Character (Hardcover)

Part 1: Introduction??1. Exploring Moral Agency Across Traditions Jonathan Jacobs and Heinz-Dieter Meyer??Part 2: Perspectives on Agency and Character??2. Early Confucianism as a Model for Crafting Character Philip J. Ivanhoe??3. Moral Habituation and Techn? in Aristotle’s Ethics Tom Angier??4. Crafting Character: Lessons from Confucianism and Stoicism May Sim??5. The Zen Transformation of Ordinary Life into Buddhist Practice: Eating and Drinking as Exploration of Buddha-Nature Christopher W. Gowans??6. Must We Become Who We Are? Aristotle, Confucius, and Maimonides on Moral Agency and Character Jonathan Jacobs??7. The Heart-Mind as that Which Needs Moral Formation: Heinz-Dieter Meyer??8. Kant on Self-Governance: The Structural Nexus of Practical Reason, Will, and Gemut (Mind) G. Felicitas Munzel??9. On the Use and Misuse of Moral Exemplars for Self-Improvement Amber D. Carpenter??10. Crafting Character with Aristotle and Augustine George Heffernan??11. Moral Agency, Situationism, and Virtue: Xunzi on Moral Development Richard Kim??12. Selfless Agency and the Cultivation of a Moral Character: Insights from Vasubandhu and Derek Parfit Oren Hanner??13. The Formation of Moral Character Through No-Self in Neo-Confucian Thought Doil Kim??Part 3: Character and Commensurability??14. The Heart-Mind in the West?Testing for Common Ground Heinz-Dieter Meyer??15. A Look Back to Find a Way Forward Jonathan Jacobs