Wong, Wai Ying 黄慧英, Understanding Confucian Ethics 解證儒家倫理

Holding an Aristotelian Mirror to Confucian Ethics?

It is an honor to be part of this book symposium on YU Jiyuan’s splendid book. The best way of repaying the honor, I believe, is to engage actively and critically with the issues Yu has raised. However, in this essay I will only be able to discuss selected aspects of this extremely rich, ambitious, erudite, and inspiring book. I shall focus on three of its most impressive achievements. The book...

[Discussion on English translation of traditional Chinese medicine].

中医英译的读者对象是外国人 , 所以我们在具 体的翻译过程中 ,应该不时地换位思考 , 站在外国人 的角度上 ,思考所翻译的译文是否能看得明白 , 并能 理解和加以运用。18 世纪英国翻译理论家 A .F 泰 特勒 ( Alexander F raster Tytle ) 指出 : “好的翻译是 把原作的长处完全移注到另一种语言里 , 使得译文 语言所属国家的人们能清晰地领悟、强烈地感受 , 正 像使用原作语言的人们所领悟、所感受的一样。”怎 样换位思考呢 ? 首先 , 应考虑译文语法上是否符合 英语表达习惯。汉语和英语各自的表达方法、习惯 是不一样的 ,在翻译过程中 , 要运用英语的思维翻译 中医 ,而不是站在汉语的角度上进行翻译。其次 , 考 虑译文用词在忠于原文的基础上 , 是否又能符合医 学英语的表达方法。普通英语词汇在医学英语中的 意义有些会转变 ,如“ t ender”本...

Dao, Harmony and Personhood: Towards a Confucian Ethics of Technology

A closer look at the theories and questions in philosophy of technology and ethics of technology shows the absence and marginality of non-Western philosophical traditions in the discussions. Although, increasingly, some philosophers have sought to introduce non-Western philosophical traditions into the debates, there are few systematic attempts to construct and articulate general accounts of et...

“Of What Use Are the Odes?― Cognitive Science, Virtue Ethics, and Early Confucian Ethics

Interaction between Citizens and Experts in Public Deliberation: A Case Study of Consensus Conferences in Taiwan

Participatory technology assessment often holds sessions for experts to inform laypersons about scientific controversies. However, few studies examine how these laypersons perceive experts and make policy recommendations. The purpose of this study was to examine interactions between experts and laypersons in two consensus conferences in Taiwan to find illuminating illustrations. Quantitative an...