RT Article
T1 Daoist Reflections on the See-Saw of Contingency and Autonomy: The Laozi and Zhuangzi in Dialogue with Sandel, Rosa, Rorty, Gray
JF Religions
VO 13
IS 10
A1 D’Ambrosio, Paul Joseph
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1819844714
AB Nearly all philosophical inquiry is rooted in contingency. From ontology and theories of God to politics and ethics, dealing with, explaining, planning for, or even following contingency is a consistent theme. In the background of their recent works, Michael Sandel, Hartmut Rosa, John Gray, and Richard Rorty all see contingency and autonomy in a see-saw relationship: more of one correspondingly results in less of the other. Daoist philosophical reflections provide a different take on contingency. We can still have an experience of “self” and of making choices without positing any notion of autonomy outside of contingency.
K1 John Gray
K1 Richard Rorty
K1 Hartmut Rosa
K1 Michael Sandel
K1 Laozi
K1 Zhuangzi
K1 Daoism
K1 Autonomy
K1 Contingency
DO 10.3390/rel13100972