Ethics of Tension: A Buddhist-Postmodern Ethical Paradigm

張力的倫理學：一個佛教與後現代的倫理典範

10.6163/tjeas.2013.10(1)123

Jin Y. Park

佛教倫理 ； 後現代倫理 ； 華嚴佛教 ； 雅克‧德希達 ； 解構 ； 慈悲 ； 智慧 ； Buddhist ethics ； postmodern ethics ； Huayan Buddhism ； Jacques Derrida ； deconstruction ； compassion ； wisdom

臺灣東亞文明研究學刊

10卷1期（2013 / 06 / 01）

123 - 142

英文

本文思考一個可擷取自佛教和後現代哲學的倫理典範。倫理學是哲學中一個具實用性的分支，而倫理典範與哲學系統的根本結構和理念密切相關。倫理學是哲學中一個具實用性分支的事實也顯示某一特定倫理典範的意義和價值是與該典範被理解和實現的環境直接相關的。為思考一個以佛教和後現代哲學為基礎的倫理典範，並在吾人所生活的二十一世紀的脈絡中進行如此思考，本文將檢視一個稱為「張力倫理學」的典範。作者首先概述此概念，接著討論何以該典範可做為一種，可在佛教和後現代哲學中被設想的，倫理學的一種型式。最後，作者將思考倫理學的意義，以及張力倫理學想要強調的，合乎道德論述的倫理，以及張力倫理學為了合乎道德的生活所要強調的倫理。

This essay considers an ethical paradigm that can be drawn from Buddhist and postmodern philosophy. Ethics is a practical branch of philosophy and an ethical paradigm is closely connected to the fundamental structure and tenets of a philosophical system. That ethics is a practical branch of philosophy also indicates that meaning and value of a certain ethical paradigm is directly related to the environments in which the paradigm is understood and practiced. In considering an ethical paradigm based on Buddhist and postmodern philosophy, and doing so in the context of the 21st century in which we live, we will examine a paradigm I call an ”ethics of tension.” I will first outline the concept, and discuss how this paradigm can be a form of ethics that can be envisioned in Buddhist and postmodern philosophy. Finally, I will consider the meaning of ethics and the ethical that the ethics of tension would like to underline as an ethical discourse and for an ethical life.

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