|
|
Article: Carter, Robert E. Encounter with Enlightenment. A Study of Japanese Ethics.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- The Review of Metaphysics
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Philosophy Education Society, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Foreword by Yuasa Yasuo. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001. xxxiii + 258 pp. Paper, $22.95--In this pleasantly written book Carter describes what he considers to be the core of Japanese ethics by recalling the influence of Shintoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism. Drawing heavily on certain Japanese authors, he points to such fundamental categories as man, nothingness, sincerity, family. Finally he develops the theme of enlightenment. From the very start Carter stresses the pre-ego state of compassionate awareness and the resolve to interfere minimally with the natural world characteristic of the Japanese. The oneness of things is the theme which ...