Heuristic Power as the Test of Theory: A Response to Francisca Cho
The author begins by defending a view of comparative religious ethics as a "scientific" enterprise that seeks to develop generalizable knowledge of the variety of religious-ethical traditions and their relation to morality. Responding to Francisca Cho's use of the Daoist tradition to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1998
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1998, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 175-184 |
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| Summary: | The author begins by defending a view of comparative religious ethics as a "scientific" enterprise that seeks to develop generalizable knowledge of the variety of religious-ethical traditions and their relation to morality. Responding to Francisca Cho's use of the Daoist tradition to present a radical challenge to this possibility, the author suggests that she, too, unavoidably seeks to offer generalizable knowledge based on her reading of this tradition. After responding to Cho's major criticisms of his own interpretation of Daoism, the author invites Cho and other critics to engage in the hard task of theory testing. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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