The Gift and the Common Good: An Intercultural Perspective

Prof. Dr. Walter Schweidler; Dr. Joachim Klose

doi:10.5771/9783896658999

Summary

What are we living for? What are we working toward? What holds us together? In the Western tradition answers to these questions have always reposed upon the concept of the common good. But is this concept fit for the globalised world of tomorrow? An interculturally qualified social philosophy requires in this respect new philosophical impulses. The concept of the gift as the elusive principle of meaning of all social exchange is discussed in this volume by thinkers from China, Europe and the Americas in order to asses its suitability for purpose. Two perspectives emerge here, ones which not only and simply order themselves along the borders between different cultural contexts, but indeed also across them: the gift as the rendered service or indeed the dedication of the individual to the whole and the gift as the departure point, owed to the whole, of the individual quest for meaning. Also philosophically reflected upon in this volume is an economy of the gift, one which today has become institutionalized and which from the perspective of economic philosophy can serve as a guiding principle for global interaction.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2020
Copyright year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-89665-898-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-89665-899-9
Publisher: Academia, Baden-Baden
Series: West-östliche Denkwege
Volume: 32
Language: English
Pages: 261
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 6
Introductory Remarks to The Gift and the Common Good No access Pages 7 - 16
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    1. Four different understandings of the Common Good No access
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      1. The Economic Ethics of Cooperation No access
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  2. The Economics of the Gift No access
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  3. Conclusion No access
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  1. 1. Introduction No access
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  2. 2. Civil Enterprises as Reciprocity-Based Organizations No access
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  3. 3. The Firm’s Situation in the Marketplace No access
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  4. 4. Reciprocity without Benevolence: Compliance No access
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  5. 5. Conditional Reciprocity: Philia No access
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  6. 6. Unconditional Reciprocity: Justice and Gift No access
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  7. 7. Conclusion No access
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      1. 1. “禮物” (li wu, gifts) No access
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      2. 2. The exchange No access
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      1. 1. There is no such term corresponding to the Western idea of the “common good” in China No access
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      2. 2. The common good in China: the harmony of the family, the good governance of the state, the peace of the world, the Grand Union, and the unity of humanity and nature No access
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    3. III. Contributions and problems No access
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    1. I. Once again at a historical crossroads No access
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    2. II. A perspective for business ethics No access
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    3. III. Confucius’ response No access
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      1. 1. Causes and problems No access
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      2. 2. My analysis: From a gift to a commodity No access
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  3. A brief conclusion: The gift and the common good have a long way to go No access
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  1. Introduction No access
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  2. A) A theological interpretation of reality as gift in the tensions among creation, sin, and grace No access
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    1. 1) Event – testimony – delay – responsibility: The paradoxical structure of time as a foundation of politics grounded in the groundless No access
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    2. 2) The Exchange of Gifts and the Paradox of Gift as a Deep Structure of Economy No access
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      1. c) The Inappropriable, the Unenforceable and the More-than-What-is-Owed No access
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  1. I. Current Catholic social ethics: From Caritas in veritate (2009) to Laudato siʼ (2015) No access
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    1. 1. The objective of an Augustinian liberalism No access
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    2. 2. Why classical liberal theories are not sufficient for promoting an integral human development (a critique of classical liberal theories) No access
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    3. 3. Making the case for an Augustinian liberalism fostering the common good No access
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    4. 4. Action theory lead by virtue No access
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  1. 1. The gift and the community – preliminary observations No access
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    1. 2.1 Rejecting the gift of life: wrongful life cases No access
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    2. 2.2 The anthropological dimension of the gift of being No access
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    3. 2.3 Created for a communion of love: theological reflections No access
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  3. 3. Community or society: A crucial point concerning the common good No access
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  4. Conclusion No access
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  1. I. Is Heidegger’s “Who-Analysis” Solipsistic? No access
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  2. II. Heidegger’s Theory of “Being-With” and das Man No access
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  3. III. The Linguistic Grounding of das Man No access
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  4. IV. “The Public” or “The Community”? No access
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  1. 1. Mitsein und Transzendenz No access
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  2. 2. Eigentliches Mitsein und Sein-lassen No access
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  3. 3. Zusammengehörigkeit von eigentlichem Selbstsein und Gemeinschaft No access
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  4. 4. Gemeinschaft und der Vorrang der Vereinzelung No access
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  2. 1. Gratitude: Some Features and Distinctions No access
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  3. 2. Confucian Perspectives on Gratitude and Obligation No access
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  4. 3. Western Conceptions on Gratitude and Duties of Gratitude No access
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  5. 4. Two Accounts of Debt of Gratitude No access
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  6. 5. Confucian Common Project View No access
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  1. 1. Netze – Die bindende Kraft der Gabe und die Akteure als Knotenpunkte No access
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  2. 2. Kreise – Mauss’ Tafelrunde, Gemeinschaft und Gemeingut No access
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  3. 3. Zäsuren – Die Gabe als Lichtung im Kampf um Anerkennung No access
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  4. 4. Einander begegnen, einander lieben, einander einen Platz geben No access
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  1. 1. Work Death No access
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  2. 2. Withdrawing and Foregoing No access
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  3. 3. Reality Check No access
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  4. 4. Ethnicity No access
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  5. 5. Identity No access
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  1. I. Vorstellungen vom Gemeinwohl No access
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  2. II. Politikmonopol vs. Konfliktmodell mit Minimalkonsens und Mehrheitsprinzip No access
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  2. 1. Modern politics: its metaphysical foundation and the metaphysical and anthropological effects in which it results No access
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  3. 2. The social doctrine of Leo XIII: a hierarchical and organicist alternative to the theories of contract No access
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  4. 3. The interpretative model of the common good: Its relevance as a response to the “crisis” of anything that is common in liberal democracies No access
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  5. Conclusion: Can the interpretative model of the common good ignore our membership of a common world? No access
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    1. A. The “Abstract Right-Civil Society” Paradox of Property Occupation and Subsistence Distribution No access
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    2. B. The Ultimate Ideal and the Ultimate Concern No access
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    3. C. Modern Puzzles and Theoretical Assumptions No access
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    1. A. “The Kindness of Society” No access
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    2. B. Common Goods as a “Gift” for Ordinary People and the Poor No access
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    3. C. “Third Wisdom” No access
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    1. A. Learning to Think Ethically No access
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    2. B. Social Goodness No access
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