Course Information
Course title
 Independent Study: Zhuangzi and Ethics 
Semester
 109-1 
Designated for
 COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS  GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY  
Instructor
 LIN MING-CHAO 
Curriculum Number
 Phl7428 
Curriculum Identity Number
 124 M4800 
Class
  
Credits
 1.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
 Half 
Required/
Elective
 Elective 
Time
 Thursday A(18:25~19:15) 
Remarks
 Restriction: MA students and beyond AND Restriction: within this department (including students taking minor and dual degree program)
The upper limit of the number of students: 3. 
Ceiba Web Server
 http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1091Phl7428_zhuangzi 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
 Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

In this course, students will acquire ideas of western ethics by reading recent academic introductions (mostly written in English). And students will try to reflect on them with Zhuangzi’s perspectives. With these achievements, we may receive a deeper or a renewed understanding of Zhuangzi’s philosophy; furthermore, we could build a distinct ethical perspective based on contemporary Ethics and the insights from Zhuangzi. 

Course Objective
 1. To comprehend the concerns and theories of western ethics.
2. To probe ethical ideas in philosophy of Zhuangzi.
3. To reappraise western theories of ethics with perspectives of Zhuangzi.
4. To attain a level of comfort in working comparatively across traditions. 
Course Requirement
 待補 
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
  
Office Hours
  
Designated reading
 待補 
References
 Louis P. Pojman, James Fieser (2017), Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong.（以下簡稱DRW）
Andrew Fisher (2017), Metaethics: An Introduction.（以下簡稱MEI）
Valerie Tiberius (2015), Moral Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction.（以下簡稱MP）
賴俊雄：《回應他者：列維納斯再探》，臺北：書林，2014年。
郭慶藩：《莊子集釋》，臺北：華正書局，2004年。
王叔岷：《莊子校詮》，北京：中華書局，2013年。
陳鼓應：《莊子今注今譯》，北京：中華書局，2011年。 
Grading
  
No.
Item
%
Explanations for the conditions
1. 
 Final essay  
60% 
  
2. 
 Participation 
40% 
  
 
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
 9/17  倫理學的問題意識 與《莊子》哲學的倫理面向
 DRW: Ch.1 What Is Ethics?
 學界對《莊子》倫理學的研究現況
 
Week 2
 9/24  規範倫理學：道德相對主義與主觀主義
 DRW：Ch.2 Ethical Relativism, Ch.3 Moral Objectivism, Ch.4 Value and the Quest for the Good
 MEI：Ch.7 Moral relativism
 
Week 3
 10/01  《莊子》蘊含知識論思想、批評知識論上或行為上主觀觀點之篇章 
Week 4
 10/08  規範倫理學：個人與群體的生活
 DRW：Ch.5 Social Contract Theory and the Motive to Be Moral, Ch.6 Egoism, Self-Interest, and Altruism, Ch. 9 Virtue Theory
 
Week 5
 10/15  《莊子》〈逍遙遊〉社樹、〈德充符〉得道者描述、〈應帝王〉儵忽與渾沌段落 
Week 6
 10/22  規範倫理學：目的論與義務論
 DRW：Ch. 7 Utilitarianism, Ch. 8 Kant and Deontological Theories
 
Week 7
 10/29  第7週 《莊子》倫理反思之相關篇章 
Week 8
 11/05  他者倫理學
 《回應他者：列維納斯再探》：Part I 第一章 他者哲學：倫理與政治、第二章 光影之間：倫理與美學、
第三章 別於存有：倫理與主體
 
Week 9
 11/12  《莊子》蘊含「自我與他者」論題之篇章 
Week 10
 11/19  後設倫理學：道德實在論與道德非實在論 1
 DRW：Ch.13 The Fact–Value Problem
 MEI：Ch. 2 Emotivism
 
Week 11
 11/26  《莊子》關於情感與行為之篇章 
Week 12
 12/03  後設倫理學：道德實在論與道德非實在論 2
 DRW：Ch. 14 Moral Realism and the Challenge of Skepticism
 MEI：Ch.3 Error theory, Ch. 4 Moral realism and naturalism, Ch.5 Moral realism and non-naturalism, Ch.6 Quasi-realism
 
Week 13
 12/10  《莊子》關於「性」、「情」與倫理反思之篇章 
Week 14
 12/17  後設倫理學：道德心理學
 DRW：Ch. 8 Moral psychology
 MP：Part I Moral Psychology and Moral Philosophy
(Ch. 1 What Is Moral Psychology? Ch.2 What Are Philosophers Doing Here?）
 
Week 15
 12/24  《莊子》〈養生主〉老聃死、〈人間世〉葉公子高將使於齊 
Week 16
 12/31  In class Discussion  
Week 17
 1/07  In class Discussion  
Week 18
 1/14  期末報告大綱討論