Watsuji Tetsuro's Rinrigaku: Ethics in Japan (SUNY series in Modern Japanese Philosophy)

Watsuji's Rinrigaku (literally, the principles that allow us to live in friendly community) has been regarded as the definitive study of Japanese ethics for half a century.Watsuji Tetsuro's Rinrigaku (literally, the principles that allow us to live in friendly community) has been regarded as the definitive study of Japanese ethics for half a century. In Japan, ethics is the study of human being or ningen. As an ethical being, one negates individuality by abandoning one's independence from others. This selflessness is the true meaning of goodness.Robert Carter is Professor of Philosophy at Trent University. Yamamoto Seisaku teaches at the Kansai University of Foreign Studies, Osaka, Japan. Watsuji Tetsuro's Rinrigaku CONTENTS FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTE TO THE READER INTRODUCTION TO WATSUJI TETSURO'S RINTRIGAKU PART I INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS 1 The Significance of Ethics as the Study of Ningen 2 The Method of Ethics as the Study of Ningen PART II THE FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE 3 The Everyday Fact as a Starting Point 4 Individual Moments Making Up Human Existence 5 The Element of the Whole in a Human Being 6 The Negative Structure of a Human Being 7 The Fundamental Law of a Human Being (The Basic Principle of Ethics) PART III THE SPATIO-TEMPORAL STRUCTURE OF A HUMAN BEING 8 Private and Public Existence 9 The Spatiality of a Human Being 10 The Temporality of Ningen Sonzai 11 The Mutual Relation of Spatiality and Temporality 12 The Acts of Ningen 13 Trust and Truth 14 The Good and Bad of Ningen: Guilt and Conscience APPENDIX: CORRESPONDENCE WITH YUASA YASUO1 Correspondence with Professor Yuasa Yasuo Regarding the Tradition of Shinto in Japanese Intellectual History and Watsuji's Interpretation of T... On Heidegger and Watsuji's Manner of Dealing with European Philosophers INTERPRETIVE ESSAY: STRANDS OF INFLUENCE Watsuji and Western Individualism Double Negation: Individual and Group Encounter with Heidegger and Phenomenology Climate, Culture and Ningen Watsuji, Nishida, and the Kyoto School Nothingness as "Home Ground" The Self, East and West Cosmic-Oriented Humanism Transcendence as Immanence NOTES Foreword Introduction Chapter One. The Significance of Ethics as the Study of Ningen Chapter Four. Individual Moments Making Up Human Existence Chapter Five. The Element of the Whole in a Human Being Chapter Six. The Negative Structure of a Human Being Chapter Seven. The Fundamental Law of a Human Being (The Basic Principle of Ethics) Chapter Nine. The Spatiality of a Human Being Chapter Ten. The Temporality of Ningen Sonzai Chapter Eleven. The Mutual Relation of Spatiality and Temporality Chapter Twelve. The Acts of Ningen Chapter Thirteen. Trust and Truth Chapter Fourteen. The Good and Bad of Ningen: Guilt and Conscience Appendix: Correspondence with Yuasa Yasuo Interpretive Essay: Strands of Influence GLOSSARY OF JAPANESE TERMS BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS ABOUT WATSUJI INDEX Subjects A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z Names A B C D E F G H K L M N O P R S T V Y Translated By Yamamoto Seisaku And Robert E. Carter, With An Introduction And Interpretive Essay By Robert E. Carter. Bibliography Of Works About Watsuji: P. 371-372. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 355-365) And Index.