chung or shu
In Confucianism, conscientiousness and altruism. Chung means the full development of the virtuous self, and shu means the extension of that mind to others. See also altruism, eudaimonia, friendship.
egoism
Egoism is usually considered in two forms. Psychological egoism is the view that people are always motivated by self-interest. Ethical egoism is the view that whether or not people are like this, ...
friendship Reference library
Paul Gilbert
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2 ed.)
Attachment characterized by disinterestedness and esteem. Aristotle contrasts friendship proper with relationships entered into for pleasure or advantage, ‘because in them the friend is ...
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happiness
All ethical theories accord some importance to human happiness. They differ first in their conception of what that happiness consists in, secondly in views of how an agent's own personal happiness is ...
hedonism
The pursuit of one's own pleasure as an end in itself; in ethics, the view that such a pursuit is the proper aim of all action. Since there are different conceptions of pleasure there are ...
incommensurability, moral
The idea of the incommensurability of scientific paradigms has been borrowed by moral philosophers to express the idea that, because there is a plurality of values, moral dilemmas may sometimes ...
love
Love me little, love me long love of great intensity is unlikely to last; proverbial saying, early 16th century.love me, love my dog proverbial saying, early 16th century; St Bernard in a sermon says ...
marriage
Marriage is a lottery proverbial saying, mid 17th century, referring either to one's choice of partner, or more generally to the element of chance involved in how a marriage will turn out.Marriage of ...
3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
(Anthony Ashley Cooper), (1671–1713)British moral philosopher. His grandfather was the patron of Locke, and upon being made Shaftesbury's guardian (the father being incapable: a ‘shapeless lump’, ...
