先秦新聞 - Conference: Happiness East & West (Hong Kong, December 10-11, 2009) http://ctext.org/ zh http://ctext.org/discuss.pl?if=gb&message=9774653 in late Jan/early Feb in HK
the three lectures are free

see this link www.history.cuhk.edu.hk/Event/...]]> Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:51:15 GMT http://ctext.org/discuss.pl?if=gb&message=9774653 http://ctext.org/discuss.pl?if=gb&message=6445607 1. To what extent is it true that Chinese philosophers and Western philosophers engaging in debates relating to happiness are addressing the same topics?

2. How does the Western discussion of happiness most directly address distinctive leading ideas of the Chinese philosophical tradition, such as ritual, reverence, minimalism, or the primacy of relationships?

3. Can Chinese ideas help solve philosophical problems about the ethics of happiness that have troubled the West, and vice versa?

Invited speakers include:
Emeritus Professor Chad Hansen (HKU)
Professor Lee Yearley (Stanford)
Professor P. J. Ivanhoe (City U., HK)
Professor Michael Nylan (Berkeley)
Professor Jiyuan Yu (SUNY, Buffalo)

Conference website:
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