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A Comparison between Chinese and Western Love Ethics in the Perspective of Cultural Philosophy

LI Gui-mei

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Love is a common topic of all the human beings.Nevertheless,the concepts of love ethics are different in China and the West due to the differences of socio-historical conditions,though there has been a common ground.The common ground lies in that both the Chinese and Westerners eulogize and pursue love and extol the virtue of being faithful to love while the uncommon ground is that the positions and implications of love are different,and the values of love are oriented differently.

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Love is a common topic of all the human beings.Nevertheless,the concepts of love ethics are different in China and the West due to the differences of socio-historical conditions,though there has been a common ground.The common ground lies in that both the Chinese and Westerners eulogize and pursue love and extol the virtue of being faithful to love while the uncommon ground is that the positions and implications of love are different,and the values of love are oriented differently.

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Love is a common topic of all the human beings.Nevertheless,the concepts of love ethics are different in China and the West due to the differences of socio-historical conditions,though there has been a common ground.The common ground lies in that both the Chinese and Westerners eulogize and pursue love and extol the virtue of being faithful to love while the uncommon ground is that the positions and implications of love are different,and the values of love are oriented differently.

Key concepts: Common ground, Perspective (graphical), Philosophy of love, Virtue, Virtue ethics, China, Sociology, Environmental ethics

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